Stamford (Conn.) Hospital has been recognized with HIMSS Analytics' Stage 7 Award, the highest level of electronic medical record progress a hospital or health system can attain.

Continuous electronic monitoring of patients in a medical-surgical unit was associated with decreased lengths of stay and a reduction in code blue events, according to a study in the American Journal of Medicine.

Health IT has the ability to not only improve physicians' workflows and care quality but nurses' as well, according to a new report from Norwich University in Northfield, Vt.

Dr. Timothy Maus of the Mayo Clinic will discuss the use of sedatives for interventional pain management at Becker’s 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference.

Approximately 75 percent of the 298 hospital and health system senior-level IT executives surveyed for the 2014 HIMSS Leadership Survey expect their organization will attest to meaningful use stage 2.

Across industries, IT salaries are rising, according to research from staffing company Robert Half Technology.

Physician electronic health record adoption is up 10 percent since last year, according to a recent report from SK&A.

Six senators have written FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, asking for clarification about the Food and Drug Administration's role in the regulation of health IT products.

The ONC has partnered with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response on a campaign to increase the use of heath IT by emergency medical technicians and other first responders.

The number and cost of healthcare data breaches declined from 2012 to 2013 according to the Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security released by the Ponemon Institute.