Molly Merrill

Research firm Kalorama cites high rates of physician use of smartphones and PDAs and available applications among many factors making healthcare ideal for smartphone sales.

With government incentives only offsetting EHR costs by about 15 to 20 percent, providers should not only be prepared to make a significant investment in IT, but should also consider a "radical new approach to IT," say the authors of a new study.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Tuesday at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.

Patients worry about not being able to access their paper medical records when they need them the most, placing that above concerns about whether their records contain inaccuracies or are stolen, according to a new survey.

Preventing patient data breaches is cited as the number one priority for healthcare IT decision makers, but work remains for complying with security regulations, according to a national survey that examines IT trends in healthcare.

"Trends in technology are changing the employment landscape," said Terry Erdle, senior vice president, skills certification of CompTIA at Breakaway 2010, the premier event for IT companies in North America. That means IT workers will need to have different and more advanced skills.

Christiana Care Health System a private, not-for-profit tertiary-care hospital system with locations in Wilmington and Newark, Del., has announced two major initiatives that aim to drive healthcare IT adoption.

Information technology is an integral part of the agreement between Commonwealth Hematology-Oncology (CHO), the largest community-based private cancer practice in New England, and Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), which seeks to provide cancer patients with greater resources, closer to home.

Electronic health record systems could give rise to increased liability for healthcare providers, according to professors from Case Western Reserve University.

A small pilot study at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, found that sending text reminders to adolescent diabetes patients about their insulin treatments improved treatment adherence and blood glucose levels.