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 ...

In this day and age of computer technology, and incredible medical advances, it's amazing the vast majority of medical practices are still keeping their medical records the old fashioned way: on paper ...

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 ...

President Bush on Wednesday evening renewed his call for the use of better technology in hospitals and in doctor's offices for storing and sharing medical records. Using the high visibility of his ...

Stacey Bsullak, a breast cancer survivor who relies on Central Maine Healthcare doctors for appointments, said her ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The Irish Patients' Association has said the absence of a national electronic patient record system means thousands of ...

Two of Nova Scotia’s top health officials say the initial week of use of a new electronic medical records system in the ...