Nearly 5 percent of eligible hospitals failed their post-payment meaningful use audits, resulting in the those hospitals being required to return their EHR incentive payments, according to data from the HHS published in a recent Health Security Solutions infographic. About…

Ninety percent of healthcare leaders reported their organizations have begun developing or implementing a telemedicine program, evidencing an industry-wide embrace of technology to achieve improved quality of care for patients and organizational success. According to the 2014 Telemedicine Survey Executive…

Should we optimize our EHR or replace it? Answering the question is not easy and may come with a serious financial commitment. Here are four questions to ask when considering EHR replacement, from a report by ECG Management Consultants' Healthcare…

Samsung Electronics, Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital have awarded preliminary prizes to five teams participating in the organizations' innovation challenge.

EHRs may save the global healthcare industry $78 billion by 2019, according to a report from Juniper Research.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced a pilot funding project, the Market R&D Pilot Challenge, which will distribute $300,000 in pilot funding and will match developing health IT companies with healthcare organizations.

Cleveland-based Medical Mutual of Ohio has chosen to work with Miami Lakes, Fla.-based Altegra Health to optimize risk analytics and reporting data.

At a panel discussion during the Becker's CIO Roundtable Nov. 4, panelists discussed current issues in privacy and data security. Panelists included Feisal Nanji, the executive director of Techumen, Bobbie Byrne, MD, CIO of Edward Hospitals in Naperville, Ill., and…

Georgia Health Connect, a health information network for smaller practices, hospitals and health systems throughout Georgia, has announced its release.

The American Medical Association has approved a new policy calling for the penalties to be removed from the federal government's meaningful use program.