Author: M L Baker

Citing lack of progress, the deputy director of the nonprofit Health Privacy Project resigned as co-chair of a federal committee charged with advising the government

A health IT standards group released a new, more-comprehensive standard for electronic health records on Feb. 21. The standard, released by Health Level Seven, is

The Medical Banking Project plans to announce a program later this year that will use banks’ Web portals to deliver personal health care information online.

A survey released this week by the nonprofit Markle Foundation finds patients enthusiastic about being able to access their health information online. A vast majority

A group of large employers, including Intel and Wal-Mart, announced a plan to supply their 2.5 million employees with online personal health records. Each employer

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will probably spend more than $5 billion on 670 technology initiatives in 2007, according to forecasts from

Rush University Medical Center is scrapping its 20 legacy IT systems in favor of software from Epic Systems Corporation, and as part of the transition,

A year after a federal advisory committee recommended how health information could be shared, the country has moved a long way to harmonizing standards and

Three years after the deadline for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to protect patients’ health information, over a fifth of health