Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Christopher Longhurst, MD, has been named chief medical information officer at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. In his role, Longhurst will focus on ways to extend digital data to patients and families to improve the continuum of care, he said.

Less than one in 10 American adults use electronic medical records or e-mail their doctor, according to a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll.

U.S. hospitals have a long way to go to reach the federal government's proposed standard of entering at least 10 percent of orders electronically, according to a new report from KLAS.

At the 2010 Government Health IT Conference and Exhibition held June 15-16 in Washington, DC, leaders from the brand new federal Regional Extension Center (REC) program showed their passion and determination for helping doctors achieve meaningful use.

Carl Dvorak, executive vice president of Epic Systems, has been elected chairman of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association, and Charles Jarvis, vice president of healthcare services and government relations for NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, has been elected to the vice chair.

All public hospitals in Tasmania now have access to up-to-date patient information with iSOFT's patient management system.

Making the assumption that electronic medical records can improve healthcare costs and errors is premature, according to a dermatologist practicing in Florida.

Continua Health Alliance officials say the company is creating an interoperable source code software library for mobile platforms.

The nation's employers can expect a 9 percent jump in medical costs in 2011, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which details the reasons for the anticipated hike and highlights the possibility for savings over the long term - including the increasing use of electronic health records.

The "tiger team" created to resolve thorny privacy and security issues associated with sharing patients' health records wasted no time before tackling a difficult issue at the team's first public meeting.