Editor’s note: The following article by Daren Smith, BSN, administrator for Fremont (Neb.) Surgical Center, appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of SourceMedical’s “Insider Source” magazine.EHR systems ...

When a disease outbreak threatens hospitals across the country, health systems are particularly strained by shortages of providers, vaccines and supplies, as well as the fear and worry of their ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry is targeting all 150 public hospitals and over than 3,000 primary health facilities nationwide ...

As we move inexorably into a world of more fragmented care, the stakes will get even higher if providers can’t share patient ...

As electronic health records get broader adoption, smaller health systems are realizing that the big, one-size-fits-all approach offered by the likes of Epic and Cerner may not be appropriate for them ...

The package to end the government shutdown gives the VA $3.4 billion for the EHR rollout — but there’s a catch.

Providing incentives for physicians to use EMR systems is a critical part of the process, according to Pinhas. “The question has always been whether or not doctors view EMR as having a reward or not,” ...

Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4), the current Army electronic medical record (EMR) system, is in the final stages of preparation for a major upgrade that will better support all ...

The 24-hospital Sutter Health system in Northern California was the talk of the town late August after a software glitch rendered its $1 billion Epic electronic health record system inaccessible to ...

Healthcare organizations continue to face ongoing challenges related to clinician turnover – driven in large part by burnout and dissatisfaction with electronic health records. Beyond that human toll, ...