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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sept. 13, 2005 -- Computerized medical records are getting mixed reviews from health researchers and doctors. Electronic medical records have been touted as the key to improving quality of care and ...

Medicare has just launched a pilot program to get doctors to computerize their offices. Officials say electronic health records will cure many of the ills of modern medical care, but some doctors are ...

It is truly a wonder that, in the times we live in, computerized medical records are not a common practice among doctors and hospitals. President Bush recently announced on Thursday that healthcare ...

Think you entered the digital health age when your doctor switched from paper charts to computerized medical records? Think again: An e-chart stored in one doctor's computer too often can't be read by ...

What’s been described as one of the most effective and popular computerized medical records systems traces its roots back 40 years. In Politico, Arthur Allen writes, “Four decades ago, in 1977, a ...

Computerized medical records may be gaining steam around the nation, but there are still plenty of complications, panelists agreed at a conference in Madison on Thursday. If you live in Madison, for ...

CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Bush said Thursday that the medical industry is behind the times, using paper and pen for many records and prescriptions when computerized records could reduce cost and ...