Molly Merrill

Kaiser Permanente is crediting healthcare information technology and care coordination as helping more than 40 percent of very high-risk patients reach national cholesterol guidelines - a feat that past studies indicate is difficult to achieve.

A new bill signed into law is expected to boost the creation of a statewide health information exchange in Wisconsin.

Forty-seven percent of IT security professionals believe their personal healthcare information is less secure than it was a year ago, according to a recent survey.

LifeIMAGE, which provides an Internet service for universal e-sharing of diagnostic imaging information, has launched a new platform that is designed to speed up image sharing during emergency transfers.

A new bill would require the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to create an Internet-based portal for veterans to access their records and benefits.

Students participating in the University of California San Diego Extension Health Information Technology Program are sharing the results of their capstone project – developing a plan to install an electronic health record that demonstrates meaningful use at a community clinic.

With the June 1 deadline looming for the Red Flags Rule, industry experts, say physicians should already be complying.

Is the push for electronic medical record use driving providers out of small private practices and into the “arms” of hospitals and health systems?

Most patients who write a blog don’t ever think their doctors will read it, just as doctors don’t ever expect that their patients will read their notes. But what if this changed? Experts think there may be some “unintended consequences.”