Rafael Ortega, MD, the vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center, has received a letter of commendation from the World Health Organization for producing a training video on pulse oximetry.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is notifying University Health Services patients that their protected health information was possibly breached after a workstation was inadvertently infected with a malware program, according to a UMass news release.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has updated its listing of most frequently asked questions regarding meaningful use regulations.

Hospitals have been heavily computerized for decades, but those systems have done little for physicians.  It's ironic: Physicians are avid users of technology that actually helps them — witness the prevalence of smartphones and, more recently, iPads in the hands…

A recent study detailed in a white paper by The Beryl Institute found hospitals using interactive technology to communicate with patients increased patient satisfaction scores by approximately 10 percent and increased satisfaction with hospital educational materials and courses by as…

McDowell Hospital in Marion, N.C., has a new employee on staff in the form of a telehealth robot named Otto, short for "on-site two-way telehealth operator," according to a Citizen-Times news report.

David Blumenthal, MD, director of HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, discusses how providers can increase the positive impact of health IT, recoup the expense of implementation and assuage patient fears about privacy issues.

The healthcare industry is one of the sectors with the fewest organization website vulnerabilities, putting it at lower risk of an attack on website security, according to an analysis by WhiteHat Security.

Although 90.6 percent of physicians working in general or family practice or internal medicine could qualify for meaningful use incentives, fewer than two-thirds of certain specialists may qualify, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

CDW Healthcare survey results showed that while patients trust their doctors to protect their information, 49 percent believe that electronic health records will have a negative impact on the privacy of their personal health information, according to a company news…