Kat Jercich

According to a new JAMA study, patients reported finding mistakes in diagnoses, medical history, medications and more – and practitioners were not always open to correcting the errors.

Experts say a functioning system should be based on understanding your workforce, your technology and your employee workload – and it should involve everyone in your organization.

David Smith, executive director for the Medicaid Transformation Project, says vulnerable people are being left behind by the telehealth revolution – and it's vital to address systemic racism, language barriers and social determinants of health.

A report released from the GAO said the agency's modernization efforts are leaving out critical participants whose know-how could help with design, functionality and implementation.

The Exposure Notification Privacy Act requires public health officials to be involved with any exposure notification systems and prohibits commercial use of users' data.

The healthcare organization noted that it will work to develop actionable programs to mitigate health disparities and conceptualize a Global HIMSS Service Day.

Big transitions can present an opportunity to enact security improvements, but they can also make a complicated process even more complex.

Dr. Joe Kvedar, president-elect of the American Telemedicine Association, says providers have to figure out how to optimize the combination of virtual care and in-office visits.

Over the past decade, workloads and data have moved increasingly into the cloud.

A decade-long study just published in JAMA finds a wide variance in the safety performance of operational EHR systems, especially when it comes to reducing adverse drug events.