Google Glass is a voice-controlled, wearable computer implanted in eyeglasses that projects images into the user's field of vision. The technology was first released to a select set of "Explorers" in February 2013, a group which included a number of…

The following leaders have shown their abilities to leverage technology to improve patient care and achieve business objectives while preparing their organizations for the future.

Health IT company athenahealth recently released its 2014 PayerView Report which provides statistics and conclusions on payer-provider relationships.

Patient portals and online electronic medical record access have been shown to improve medication adherence and patient engagement. Patients with chronic conditions have taken advantage of patient portals at a higher rate than their healthy counterparts — 30 percent to…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched openFDA, a database designed to make all of the department's publicly available data easily accessible to app developers, researchers and others.

The names and Social Security numbers of Hurley Medical Center employees and retirees were exposed when they were accidentally attached to an email regarding the employee health plan, according to a MLive-Flint Journal report.

Physicians are increasingly incorporating smartphones into patient care, according to a new survey.

In its recent semi-annual report to Congress, HHS' Office of the Inspector General has again called on CMS to revamp their practices for identifying and combating electronic health record practices that can lead to fraudulent Medicare claims.

Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., has implemented Amcom's enhanced operator console, Web directory and on-call scheduling solutions to help the organization unify staff contact information.

The majority of patients — 83 percent — expect hospitals to use electronic health records, but only 53 percent said they trust the safety and security of EHRs, according to a poll by Morning Consult.