Who owns patient health records? Physicians and patients have different answers, according to a recent WebMD/Medscape survey.

Providers may share patient information with a same-sex spouse just as they would with an opposite-sex spouse, according to a new interpretation of HIPAA by HHS.

Privia Health, the maker of practice management and population health software, has raised $400 million in funding.

Because an issue with the CMS website may prevent some eligible professionals who are attesting to meaningful use for the first time from meeting the deadline, the Medical Group Management Association and two Congressmen are lobbying CMS to extend the…

Full Circle Health Care's EHR vendor has blocked the practices' access to their patients' medical records as part of an ongoing billing dispute, according to a report in The Boston Globe.

Verizon Wireless has joined forces with an MIT startup and a nonprofit mental health services organization to develop technology to help people with complex mental and physical health conditions better manage their health.

The use of pediatric telemedicine is underutilized even though it has the potential to improve care quality and access to care in underserved areas, according to a study in Telemedicine and e-Health.

In a new partnership between Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Center for Telehealth and Dartmouth's Department of Athletics and Recreation, a telemedicine robot will be present at every home football game.

Brent D. Lang is the president and CEO of Vocera, a mobile communications solution firm.

North Bristol NHS Trust in the United Kingdom has seen an increase in productivity after implementing the Spok Healthcare Console solution. The solution helps the hospital facilitate emergency communications, improving response times.