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Unencrypted email implicated in Geisinger patient data breach
Even Geisinger Health System, which has touted its sophisticated EHR , is not immune to patient privacy breaches. In letters that went out to more than 2,900 patients, Geisinger Health System
Patients who email their doctors are healthier, study finds
Patients who take advantage of secure patient-physician email options offered by their doctor are more likely to experience healthy outcomes according to a recent study published in the journal
Baptist Health System CIO Rich Shirey: EHR adoption has been slow
Baptist Health System, which owns and manages four hospitals and 38 clinics in Alabama, has begun deploying electronic health record (EHR) technology as part of a larger clinic integration strategy.
SPOTLIGHT: Panel optimistic, apprehensive about 'meaningful use' of health IT
Government agencies and health plans are taking small steps toward collaboration on "meaningful use" health IT projects, according to a panel of experts who spoke at the Brookings Institute on May
Technology drastically reduces medication errors, but poor history-taking ups mistakes
Hospitals that deploy bar-coding technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) may prevent an estimated 90,000 medication errors per year, according to Dr. Eric G. Poon,
Department of Veterans Affairs spends big on Health IT, sees big return
Health information technology adoption ultimately can lead to better quality care and cost savings, if new research at the Department of Veterans Affairs is any indication. Investments in the
Survey shows doctors' frustrations with the business of running a medical practice
For some doctors, the future of medicine isn't so bright. An increased focus on business and bureaucracy has 59 percent of physicians predicting that the quality of medicine will suffer over the next
