WASHINGTON — The nation's transition to electronic medical records, now in full swing, risks overlooking potential patient safety problems, independent advisers warned the Obama administration Tuesday ...

If the cheerleaders — including the one in the Oval Office — are right, computerized medical records will save us all: save jobs, save money, reduce errors, and transform health care as we know it. In ...

For decades, electronic medical records have offered the potential for making one patient's experience useful to the next. Such real-world experience could offer insights into which type of person ...

Computerized medical records or electronic medical records (EMR) refer to a patient's own medical records in a digital format. EMRs expedite the input, retrieval and storage of medical and insurance ...

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Chuck Morton's family suffered three disruptive data breaches when its bank, its credit union, and a credit card processor were penetrated by hackers on separate occasions. The laborious process of ...

LITTLE ROCK — Dr. Kyle Hardy admitted feeling reluctant when he first began using the computer system at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville. "I was dubious about the whole electronic ...

WASHINGTON – President Bush is readying a major push to computerize the nation’s medical records, including what is expected to be between $100 million and $200 million in funding for the program in ...

Technology has enabled major breakthroughs in medicine in recent years. Scientists can grow body parts in petri dishes, surgeons can operate via robot, and an individual genome can be mapped for just ...

On April 4, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a ruling stating that healthcare companies cannot charge patients for electronic copies of their medical records as it goes against state law. A patient ...