Molly Merrill

The Electronic Health Records Association has released recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on measurable criteria for achieving "meaningful use" of EHRs.

Medicare beneficiaries are using the Internet to help manage their health, according to a Kaiser Permanente survey.

Social networking tools are slowly making their way into the curricula of medical and nursing schools, according to a study published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association.

Cook Children's Health Care System, a not-for-profit, pediatric healthcare organization based in Fort Worth, Texas, is partnering with athenhealth and Microsoft to launch a new national clinical platform that aims at improving care for pediatric patients.

A battle is brewing between the American Medical Association and Sermo, Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based online physician community.

Officials are saying that a virus is to blame for compromising thousands of patient medical records at Alberta Health Services.

Digital mammography is providing a strong return on investment for healthcare providers, according to a new KLAS report.

The Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking study, conducted annually by Hospitals and Health Networks, has named the "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" for 2009.

A new study by the RAND Corporation indicates the majority of state health department Web sites have provided timely, easily accessible information on the H1N1 flu, but local health departments haven't been as easily accessible.

The economy is forcing hospitals to consider delaying or scaling back their IT projects, according to a survey of America’s “most wired” hospitals and health systems.