St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has selected Spok Critical Test Results Management service to allow physicians to receive their patients' radiology reports more quickly.

On Oct. 2, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas released a statement pointing to a workflow issue in the hospital's EHR as a reason clinicians initially did not test Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan for the deadly virus.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic continues its pilot project examining the feasibility of using kiosks to deliver care remotely.

At a new National Institutes of Health-funded center at the University of Memphis (Tenn.), researchers are working on software solutions to help healthcare providers and others better analyze and use data collected by wearable devices.

The ability to access EHRs from smartphones or other mobile devices is associated with higher physician EHR satisfaction, according to a report from Software Advice.

In July, Rep. Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Ga.) blasted electronic health record giant Epic during a hearing on technology and healthcare hosted by the Subcommittees on Communications and Technology and Health, saying the platform is not interoperable. He was soon joined by other lawmakers questioning…

The vast majority of nurses are not happy with their inpatient EHR systems, according to a survey from Black Book Market Research.

PDI announced that its subsidary, Interpace Diagnostics, has acquired Asuragen’s miRInform tests. To read more, click here. 

Apple has temporarily removed the glucose monitoring functionality from its Health app to fix a data unit issue.

Portland, Maine, will use $50,000 in grant funding to assess the current state of healthcare informatics and evaluate the potential of building an informatics training and research center in the area.