Electronic health records have a multitude of benefits for health systems, such as interoperability, improving physician efficiency and easy access to patients’ medical history, but the cost of ...

Implementing an EMR in an ASC may become increasingly important as healthcare moves toward electronic health information exchanges, but the financial commitment necessary for implementation can be ...

The following column is written by Patrick Doyle, vice president of sales for SourceMedical. One of the many benefits associated with implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system is the ...

KLAS, a research firm, has published a report that assesses the true cost of electronic medical record systems — including unanticipated costs — after 146 healthcare organizations bought the systems, ...

Out of control healthcare spending in the U.S. is no secret. Annually, healthcare expenditures currently stand at a whopping $2.7 trillion, a number that has industry leaders rushing to take new ...

The package to end the government shutdown gives the VA $3.4 billion for the EHR rollout — but there’s a catch.

Since 2008, President Barack Obama has made it a goal to cut healthcare costs in the U.S. He has offered almost $27 billion in government funds for practitioners to make the switch to electronic ...

Have you ever tried to navigate the mess of sticky notes, outdated Excel sheets, and multiple software tools that almost talk to each other? You probably already understand the appeal of a Custom EHR.

A little over a month ago, I asked our Healthcare IT News social media followers if they believed a nation-wide transition to EHRs for doctors would lower healthcare costs. From Twitter to Facebook, ...

The Government Accountability Office said VA is making “incremental improvements” to its new electronic health record system during an operational pause on additional deployments but added that “much ...