Sharing information between primary care physicians, specialists, and other healthcare providers to improve the quality of care is a critical provision of the Affordable Care Act. Although doctors ...

Fifty-seven community-based health information exchanges are operating, up from 42 last year, according to a survey from the nonprofit eHealth Initiative. HIEs are networks and systems created to ...

There are three types of health information exchanges, explains Daniel Newman, MD, current CMIO of MEDfx, a company that assists with a spectrum of HIE implementation, and former CMIO of Boston ...

This version of this story originally appeared in Computerworld‘s print edition. A national electronic health record exchange is far from a reality, but a few local health care exchanges have emerged ...

An advisory group for the Department of Health & Human Services has proposed recommendations for how healthcare organizations should establish user authentication for simple exchanges of patient ...

When we talk about what it takes to build healthier communities in Western Colorado, the conversation often focuses on things like the accessibility of local clinics, addressing social needs like food ...

Last month marked a milestone in enhancing the protection of reproductive health information. Yet, this plan is only partially complete. Success now depends on the active involvement and collaboration ...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS') investigation unit and health IT offices are stepping up enforcement of information blocking committed by providers, health IT developers and health ...

Women are increasingly using Reddit to share information about their health, according to a study published Friday afternoon. Conducted by Weber Shandwick Collective’s Women’s Health Center of ...