CVS Caremark will be launching a pilot of real-time, integrated electronic prior authorization capability to help improve the patient experience and speed access to prescription medications, according to a company news release.

Of 75 regional health information organizations that are fully operational in the U.S., only 13 are able to meet stage 1 meaningful use requirements, covering a mere 3 percent of hospitals and 0.9 percent of physician practices, according to a…

Although the market for electronic medical record systems is expected to grow at 15.1 percent every year for the next five years, much of that growth will be heavily dependent upon how user-friendly the systems are, according to a Kalorama…

A Johns Hopkins study has found an estimated four in 10 hospital websites publicize robotic surgery and tout its clinical superiority despite a lack of scientific evidence that the method is better than conventional operations, according to a Johns Hopkins…

The Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Inspector General has released two reports that found security gaps abound as hospitals and other healthcare providers rush to deploy electronic health records and qualify for meaningful use incentive payments.

Experts from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are urging for improved access to 4G wireless technologies, which could improve healthcare and telemedicine in rural areas, according to a Government Health IT news report.

The White House has released to Congress a proposal for cybersecurity legislation that aims to improve the security of U.S. infrastructure and federal networks and computers, according to a news release from the Office of the Press Secretary.

Dunes Family Health Care, based in Reedsport, Ore., has issued a notice of a data breach, which may have affected an undisclosed number of current and former patients of the family health clinic, according to a news release.

Seven percent of U.S. physicians use online video conferencing to communicate with any of their patients, according to a Manhattan Research news release.

A report has shown prescriptions routed electronically increased by 72 percent from 2009 to 2010, suggesting the practice is becoming more mainstream, according to the 2010 National Progress Report by Surescripts. Approximately 191 million prescriptions were routed electronically in 2009…