Reprinted with permission from Birmingham Medical News (May 2023). There have been several recent governmental actions which highlight the balance between securing electronic patient information and ...

Harmonizing electronic health record platforms and their legacy data tames complexity and enables easier patient access to ...

Implementation of proposed rule in 2027 "may lead to unnecessary disruption to care," says ...

Electronic health information exchange among hospitals and physicians has been steadily increasing in recent years, but disparities remain among rural and small hospitals as they may not be able to ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), an ECRI company, released an updated version of its Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information aimed at addressing the ...

Digital communication provides additional channels for patients to stay connected with medical providers between ...

The Canadian government introduced legislation to make it easier for patients and physicians to access and share electronic ...

In May 2023, the Florida Legislature amended the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act to add a provision regarding the security and storage of patient information. It took effect on July 1, ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) must take significant steps to enhance its HIPAA audit program to ensure stronger protection of electronic ...

This analysis of Medicare data examines the relationships between fragmented readmission, health information exchange, and repeat imaging in older adults with and without Alzheimer disease. Objectives ...

Nursing procedures that make up the patient's health history are now included in the Electronic Health Record. From PICCs ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, part of Barack Obama's health reform agenda was investing and expanding electronic health information technology. He promised to spend $10 billion per year over ...