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Leilani Schweitzer shared her emotional experience about losing her child at Stanford University Hospital. The machines that her baby...

It will be almost a decade since the enactment of the milestone HITECH Act in 2009 (via ARRA), which promoted EHR adoption and bolstered...

Provisions of two bills introduced in the Senate this week feature new requirements for prescription drug monitoring programs and...

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

"Healthcare IT giant Epic Systems has been hit with a False Claims Act suit that alleges the company’s billing system double bills the...

"Speculation builds as the FDA announced this week that Apple was one of nine companies the agency has approved for a pilot Digital...

"The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is significantly pulling back on EHR certification attestation requirements, a move...

"Epic CEO Judy Faulkner asked Biden during an (until now) private meeting between EHR executives and administration officials, “Why do...

"An incentive program established under the HITECH Act in 2009 was a primary driver behind EHR adoption in hospitals across the country,...