TeleTracking Technologies will host its 2014 Client Conference October 26-28, 2014 at the Marriott Marco Island (Fla.) Beach Resort & Spa.

While the cost of adopting and implementing an electronic health record remains the most pressing health IT concern for physicians, a recent survey suggests costs are less of a concern than in previous years.

Patients at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington can now take advantage of the hospital's new telemedicine program, enabling patients to undergo a consultation with specialists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., according to a Brattleboro Reformer report.

Last week, the American Hospital Association released its 2014 Most Wired Hospitals list, identifying those providers effectively harnessing and deploying health IT to improve care delivery.

Critical access hospitals are making great strides in health IT adoption, with 89 percent implementing either a full or partial electronic health record, according to a study in Health Affairs.

University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia was one of the first health systems to attest to meaningful use stage 2, completing their 90-day attestation period on June 6. Their secret: planning ahead.

To Jonathan Hirsch, founder and president of cloud-based decision support software vendor Syapse, using genomic data along with clinical and other data at the point of care is an inevitable next step in the evolution of clinical practices.

Disputes between healthcare organizations and IT vendors are becoming more common with increased use of technology, such as electronic health records. As the government attempts to recoup money spent on failed health insurance exchanges, disputes with vendors are also becoming…

The American Hospital Association's magazine, Hospitals & Health Networks, has recognized hospitals and health systems across the country for their exemplary use of health IT.

As of May, CMS has paid out $24.4 billion in electronic health record incentive payments to eligible hospitals and providers since 2011, according to new data.