Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has sent a letter to committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), requesting a hearing into the causes and potential aftermath of last month's data breach…

Naples (Fla.) Community Hospital Healthcare System has received HIMSS Analytics' Stage 7 Award, the highest level of electronic health record progress a hospital or health system can attain.

Before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the healthcare industry was, "more or less, smooth sailing," said Matt Tanzer, chair of the National Transitions of Care Coalition's Healthcare IT Innovations Task Force, in a recent webinar.

Implementing a clinical decision support system may help identify patients who have been prescribed inappropriate antibiotic therapy for healthcare-associated infections, according to a study in Critical Care Medicine.

Apple took over headlines on Tuesday with the announcement and reveal of its latest product offerings. Consumers got their first look at Apple Watch, a wearable computer with the capability of serving as a health and fitness monitoring device.

Implementing health information exchange across healthcare facilities and organizations comes with a unique set of challenges. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's recent evaluation of 12 of their Transforming Healthcare Quality through IT projects, common issues include…

On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook and other executives introduced several new products and updates to a full house at the Flint Center in Cupertino, Calif.

The ONC has issued a final rule that abandons the proposed 2015 Edition criteria in favor of extra flexibility in meeting 2014 Edition certification criteria.

Telemedicine has the potential to improve access to care and ease the physician shortage. However, physician licensing and other regulations, a lack of reimbursement parity laws and other obstacles have hindered telemedicine's expansion across the country, though not evenly.

Baby boomers are ready to email, text and video conference with their care providers, according to a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.