Family physicians are adopting electronic health records (EHRs) at a much faster rate than previous data suggested, reaching a nearly 70 percent adoption rate nationwide, new study findings reveal.

Late last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began issuing Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments to eligible providers. For physicians who were able to attest ...

Three Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System hospitals — Memorial Hermann Katy, Sugar Land and Southeast — have reached Stage 6 of seven stages of the HIMSS Analytics EMR adoption model, ...

ONC: Physician EHR Adoption is On Track The ONC has pointed to a recent survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics as evidence the electronic ...

How can ASCs better adopt EHRs and adapt to changes in leadership across generations? Ann Geier, RN, chief nursing officer of Surgical Information Systems, shared her insights in a recent webinar. 1.

The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Minority Health--working with Quest Diagnostics and its subsidiary MedPlus--rolled out a new initiative this week to help improve ...

Nurses and physician assistants are an integral part of a successful electronic health record implementation, according to EHR Intelligence. A 2008 EHR adoption survey found practices had an 83 ...

In a study that is unlikely to find favor among privacy advocates, researchers from two academic institutions warned that increased efforts to protect the privacy of health data will hamper the ...

During an EHR transition, it is essential to keep the patient at the center of the transition, ensuring collaboration with clinicians and patients is done early, says Epic Emeritus CIO Kelli Garrison, ...