Hospitals, clinics, and researchers are investigating how electronic health records and personal health records, portals that give patients access to records and health education, can be used to improve HIV screening and outcomes. More »

Telemedicine is rapidly gaining acceptance. Here's how to get paid for using telehealth services and how to determine if it is a good fit for your office. More »

Clinicians tell patients that we will keep their information private and then turn around and put it into an electronic health record that can do just the opposite. . . . Putting confidential information into an electronic health record can be like putting it up on a billboard. More »

Make sure your practice complies with HIPAA when staff and physicians want to view their own medical records. More »

Are you ready to make the EHR leap? Training is crucial, but planning comes first. More »

It’s time for most providers to embrace technology that will provide a fuller health picture for referred patients that will improve quality of care while reducing costs. More »

Dr. Eric M. Liederman, director of medical informatics for The Permanente Medical Group, discusses the move to electronic records and what drives privacy violations by practice staff. More »

When it comes to efficiency, if an EHR is a modern refrigerator / freezer, then paper records are akin to keeping a box filled with a big block of ice to keep foods fresh. More »

Our hospital is installing an electronic medical record system (EMR). It has added a minimum of 15 minutes to the time it takes to process each patient, without a perceptible increase in quality of care. And trying to make sense of meaingful use? It's like "Catch 22." More »

Releasing medical records to patients: Fact vs. Fiction More »