In recent years, the role of CIO has transformed from mainly an IT leader to the member of the executive team who spearheads the use of technology and other tools to meet the organization's goals.  

Almost half (43 percent) of hospitals plan to provide clinicians and staff with additional mobile tools in the next year, according to a survey from HIMSS Analytics.

  Shortly after Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Health went live on a new electronic health record system, the organization began to receive complaints the new system was causing excessive wait times, according to a KSN report.

Telemedicine-focused industry groups and a coalition of accountable care organizations have written a series of letters to new HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell urging her to use her authority to waive restrictions that inhibit the use of telemedicine in accountable…

Epic is teaming up with IBM to compete for the Department of Defense's Healthcare Management System Modernization contract.

The Medical Society of Northern Virginia has announced the formation of a physician-led regional health information exchange.

More than half (55 percent) of providers do not bill either private payers or federal health programs for services performed via telemedicine, according to a study in Telemedicine and e-Health.

Last week, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter posted new rules officially expanding its base from arts-related projects to a host of other companies, including IT firms. However, the new rules explicitly exclude health-related technology from the site's expanded scope.  

Washington state's Medical Quality Assurance Committee has suspended the license of a Seattle anesthesiologist after charges allege he was sending sexually explicit text messages during surgeries, according to a Washington Department of Health news release.

Patient information data breaches can occur in a number of ways: computer hacking, theft, improper disposal and unauthorized access being a few of them.