The first wave of Medicare incentive payments are expected to be distributed to meaningful users of electronic health records this week, according to a Government Health IT news report.

Study results suggest e-prescribing systems may lead to unintended adverse outcomes, including medication errors, according to research published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

Spending on healthcare IT is expected to surge up to $40 billion by the end of this year, according to research by global market research company RNCOS and reported by InformationWeek.

In a review of 291 hospitals, Fitch Ratings found hospitals who adopted advanced health IT systems or received quality awards were also more likely to demonstrate increased utilization and profitability, according to a recently released report by the company.

The omnibus final rule that covers changes to privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement rules under HIPAA will not include a requirement for encrypting protected health information, an HHS Office for Civil Rights official confirmed to Health Data Management.

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.