... Internet entrepreneurs are teaming with doctors, researchers and other medical professionals to create what they hope will be the Web's largest body of health information.
... Network for Patient Care, the nation's only citywide health information exchange. This metropolitan system allows ... electronic medical records can substantially reduce health-care costs. Paul Dexter, M ...
Patients at Texas hospitals that have automated some aspects of their health information systems appear to have fewer complications, lower death rates and reduced costs, according to a report in the ...
Belize is digitizing its health information systems but, despite the benefits, concerns have been raised regarding patients' privacy.
A new analysis finds that when colorectal cancer patients seek out health information from the internet and news media, they are more likely to be aware of and receive the latest treatments for their ...
University of Minnesota researchers found that the use of health information technology (IT), a popular health policy initiative, has had little or no effect on patient safety. Despite this, the ...
... , Blumenthal will lead the implementation of a nationwide interoperable, privacy-protected, health information technology infrastructure as called for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ( ...
... , J.D., professor of law and of public health sciences at Wake Forest University and co- ... much larger investments in using and sharing electronic health information."
"No matter which path is taken ...
... the understanding and expansion of these standards and practices, NIST is co-hosting the 'Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security' conference on May 18-19 at its ...
... do research - in this case, to see how people in a community access and interact with their health information independent of a clinician or administrator - and determine what changes need to be made ...
The security of Albertans' health information is as good as Fort Knox, according to a senior Edmonton doctor, despite the fact that a virus infected 150 Alberta Health Services computers in May.
... upon four decades of research and real world operation of electronic medical records and health information exchange, Regenstrief Institute researchers have developed, tested and are now operating ...
... access to such information as previous conditions and treatment, allergies and other critical health information can significantly improve effectiveness, efficiency and safety of patient care for a ...
... use of telehealth communications — a network that uses telecommunications technology to communicate health information and services. Currently, the Missouri Telehealth Interpretation Project provides ...
... soon, Canadians will have access to free online tools for managing their health information, but plans to store the information on servers south of the border could mean sharing it with the American ...
