A study conducted by University of California—Davis researchers suggests electronic medical records in hospitals and clinics may have varying effects on different types of primary care physicians, according to a news release.

The Institute of Medicine has created a committee focused around studying patient safety and health information technology, according to a New York Times report.

What will it take for patients to feel safe during their hospital stays? According to a report published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine, hospitals need an increase of corrective actions in order to prevent patients from…

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has announced that regional health IT extension centers have already enrolled more than 28,000 physicians, according to a Government Health IT news report.

The Health IT Policy Committee for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has approved steps to help healthcare providers identify other hospitals, clinics, labs and organizations through electronic directories, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

CHRISTUS Health, a non-profit Catholic health system based in Irving, Texas, has partnered with Medicity, a health information exchange solutions company, to launch an HIE infrastructure across seven states, including Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Georgia, Utah and New Mexico,…

Although the rapid sophistication of computer tomography has made the technology an important diagnostic tool for healthcare providers, there has been increased focus on radiation dose reductions due to patient safety concerns by some parties. Radiation experts recently convened at…

Over 100 state and specialty medical societies, including the American Medical Association, are requesting that the Department of Health & Human Services revise its e-prescribing penalty policy, which currently states physicians will be penalized in 2012 if they are not…

A survey of nearly 950 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society members suggests iPad deployment is accelerating, largely due to the mobile device's point-of-care applications and uses, according to a news release.

Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., hasn't yet found the records of 2,284 endoscopy patients that have been reported missing since Oct. 13, according to a report by the Arizona Republic.