Woman sues California hospital, claims physicians left 8-inch forceps inside her after surgery

After a surgery to remove a benign tumor from her stomach, Mary Harber experienced severe stomach pain that put her in the emergency...

Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic to Launch Virtual Assistants

EHR-integrated virtual assistants can pull up requested patient information by voice command, similar to Amazon's Alexa. eClinicalWorks...

"January 08, 2018 - Allscripts recently announced it will acquire Practice Fusion EHR in a $100 million cash deal in an effort to further...

"The month of November was witness to 28 healthcare data breach incidents and nearly 84,000 patient records impacted, according to the...

"Following a report that CMS had banned all forms of texting for healthcare providers, a letter issued by the agency reaffirms its...

"A Wisconsin district court judge has dismissed Fond Du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian Healthcare's lawsuit against Cerner, a Kansas City,...

"An EMR audit trail is considered system metadata because it contains “a record of every change or addition to an electronic medical...

"The terms electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) have become widely synonymous, but they did not start that...

A $999M Class Action lawsuit has been filed by a deceased cancer patient's estate against EHR vendor, eClinicalWorks. The lawsuit attests...

"Malpractice claims have risen 8% since the last Doctors Company report. Electronic health records with poor integration, suboptimal...