Molly Merrill

A recent survey finds that although more physician leaders are using healthcare information technology, they still find it clunky and unresponsive to their needs.

The Internet has grown as a resource for information about healthcare, but its trustworthiness is often questioned. Research indicates that content posted by a medical consultant is viewed as more trustworthy.

The 2008 HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence recognized three practices in its ambulatory category for their achievements using electronic health records.

The U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System is planning to deploy a diagnostic decision support system across 75 major military hospitals and 461 clinics worldwide.

By posting wait times for its area emergency rooms, the New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System is striving to become more transparent.

Kaiser Permanente officials say a partnership with IBM will provide management for its data center operations for members, patients and physicians.

Epidemiologists and computer scientists at the University of Iowa have successfully piloted a low-cost, green technology for automatically tracking the use of hand hygiene at hospitals.

Social networking is taking off and experts say hospitals shouldn’t be left behind.

Surgeons at the Henry Ford Health System, a Detroit-based non-profit healthcare system, used Twitter last month to educate the public on a live robotic surgery.

Add electronic medical records to the wares giant retailer Wal-Mart plans to offer soon. Wal-Mart executives announced last month they would have EMRs available for sale by spring.