Government & Policy
After responding to the crisis following Hurricane Katrina, the national health IT coordinator sees more opportunity to drive technology use.
Small and midsize practices are especially skeptical about the value of electronic health record systems.
Think tank report encourages the federal government to do more to accelerate the adoption of such technology.
The commissioners represent various segments of the health care industry, those who pay for care and consumers.
The Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunication Health Network has expanded telehealth beyond its videoconferencing origins.
Illinois' Cook County Hospital, opened in the 1830s as the Poor House, has become one the most advanced health care centers in the world.
The Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunication Health Network has expanded telehealth beyond its videoconferencing origins.
By next week, HHS officials hope to make some elements of patients' medical records available to doctors treating people from the Gulf Coast.
An index approach, along with probabilistic matching, would ensure that the index links to the correct set of records for each patient.
Providing care in hurricane-battered areas was compounded by shortfalls in the National Disaster Medical System.
