WASHINGTON — The nation's transition to electronic medical records, now in full swing, risks overlooking potential patient safety problems, independent advisers warned the Obama administration Tuesday ...

If the cheerleaders — including the one in the Oval Office — are right, computerized medical records will save us all: save jobs, save money, reduce errors, and transform health care as we know it. In ...

Two years and $8.4 billion into the government's effort to get doctors to take their practices digital, some unintended consequences are starting to emerge. One is a lot of unhappy doctors. In a big ...

President Bush on Wednesday evening renewed his call for the use of better technology in hospitals and in doctor's offices for storing and sharing medical records. Using the high visibility of his ...

In this day and age of computer technology, and incredible medical advances, it's amazing the vast majority of medical practices are still keeping their medical records the old fashioned way: on paper ...

Chuck Morton's family suffered three disruptive data breaches when its bank, its credit union, and a credit card processor were penetrated by hackers on separate occasions. The laborious process of ...

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Regional models of care for systemic therapy: Standards for organization and delivery No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2007 ASCO Annual ...

Medicare has just launched a pilot program to get doctors to computerize their offices. Officials say electronic health records will cure many of the ills of modern medical care, but some doctors are ...

Gov. JB Pritzker backs HB5295 and the Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act to protect abortion medical records in Illinois ...

President Bush said Thursday that the medical industry is behind the times, using paper and pen for many records and prescriptions when computerized records could reduce cost and errors. Subscribe to ...