UPMC's two-year-old pilot offering patients physician diagnoses by e-mail has become popular, but outside insurers still won't cover it, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A healthcare data breach can prove costly to an organization's bottom line and its reputation. Here are five best practices for crisis communication during a breach.

HIMSS Analytics has released a white paper discussing trends in the integration of hospital electronic medical records and medical devices, according to HIMSS Analytics.

In conjunction with the launch of Health People 2020, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has posed a new challenge for technology application developers to help meet goals of preventing chronic disease, such as cancer, diabetes and heart…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised its Frequently Asked Question document regarding questions over meaningful use and its application to emergency department patients, according to AHA News Now.

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, hospitals and healthcare organizations have the opportunity to become eligible for incentive payments upon demonstrating meaningful use of electronic medical records. However, a shortage of health IT workers in the healthcare…

Survey and market research company Black Book Rankings has release lists of the top 20 ranked vendors in each respective subgroup of EMR, acute care/hospital, emergency and physician groups by size, according to a BBR news release.

Greenway Medical Technologies, based in Carrollton, Ga., has added two more technologies to its PrimeSUITE electronic health record solution, according to a company news release.

The Office of the National Coordinator has announced the first version of software that will allow healthcare providers to engage in simple information exchanges, a crucial aspect of the first stage of meaningful use, according to a Government Health IT…

VA hospitals plan to speed up the process of obtaining medical records from private physicians by using a private contractor and Internet connections in a new pilot project, according to a news release by the Department of Veterans Affairs.