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State HIEs wrangle with thorny ’patient consent’ issue
Oregon and Illinois are two states that will launch their initial health information exchange core services in early...
Digital hospital records tied to higher efficiency
Patients treated at hospital emergency rooms that use all-digital-records systems are more likely to have shorter stays...
Insurers take lead in EHR implementation
When the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced its final rules and regulations for meaningful use of...
MA hospital files with data of 800,000 are missing
Computer files from South Shore Hospital that contain personal information for about 800,000 people may have been lost...
Estranged from family, doctor snoops in records
As his 22-year marriage was falling apart, Dr. Mark Schleiss was desperate for information about his estranged family...
Security glitch exposes WellPoint data again
WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other...
Nevada governor names health info technology panel
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has signed an executive order creating a state task force to recommend how to implement a...
Massachusetts bill: Tax cuts for electronic prescriptions
Companies that make it easier for doctors to write prescriptions electronically would be eligible for a tax break under...
Most Sacramento-area hospitals quickly shifting to electronic records
While a national survey recently found that most U.S. hospitals are behind the curve on implementing electronic medical...
The move to digital medical records begins in Tampa
Tampa Bay, FL, plans to launch a new effort to make health records completely paper-free, including digitizing every...