Archives for September 2015

Although EHR use offers a wide array of benefits, including increased care coordination and lower healthcare costs, a recent survey shows that perhaps these digital systems are not...

Doctors, hospitals and insurers are bracing for possible disruptions on Oct. 1 when the U.S. health-care system switches to a massive new set of codes for describing illnesses and ...

Even the threat of a government shutdown will not stop the Oct. 1 switch to ICD-10, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says. “In the event of a shutdown we &he...

Adventist Health System will pay $118.7 million to the federal government and four states to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed in December 2012. The lawsuit alleged that Adventi...

A new data breach to report: Insurance claim data and other highly sensitive information were inadvertently posted on Amazon Web Services after an error was made by a contractor o...

New data published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology shows high levels of office-based physician EHR use of certified EHR technology (CEHR...