Technology

Many prescribers erroneously believe electronic prescribing of controlled substances is illegal, but experts say it is a key tool in the fight against opioid abuse.

Federal investigators called the disclosure of patients' personal health information by an organization that provides health services to individuals with HIV/AIDS and other chronic illnesses "egregious."

The health system is committed to a high-value, population health-focused, telehealth approach. "In our effort to work well with the consumer, we don’t dumb down the medicine," says Marc Harrison, MD.

Audit estimates that 12% of the $6 billion in electronic health record incentive payments made to hospitals, physicians and other “eligible professionals” did not comply with federal requirements.

Study shows that response times plummeted when a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator was used for simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest episodes.