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 ...

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 ...

For decades, electronic medical records have offered the potential for making one patient's experience useful to the next. Such real-world experience could offer insights into which type of person ...

Computerized medical records or electronic medical records (EMR) refer to a patient's own medical records in a digital format. EMRs expedite the input, retrieval and storage of medical and insurance ...

One of the officials tasked with overseeing the rollout of Nova Scotia’s $365-million electronic medical record system says lessons from the project’s debut at the IWK Health Centre are already being ...

Explore how electronic medical records revolutionize healthcare by enhancing patient safety, accessibility, and quality of ...

The importance of updating the VA’s dated record system with precision cannot be overstated.

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 ...

The federal government is reviving proposed legislation that would allow digital health information to be shared safely across electronic systems.

Love them or hate them, electronic medical records (EMR) are here to stay. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. They need not be painful but in some instances they have become so. I installed my ...

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 ...