Medicine & Technology

A new mobile radiology app cleared yesterday by the FDA will allow physicians to view medical images on the iPhone and iPad. The app — Mobile MIM ...

By Austin Merritt Chief Operating Officer, Software Advice The answer to that question is a surprisingly resounding “No!” The medical software industry is far from supporting ...

By Martin Perrotta Adoption and use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) nationally and globally is becoming a reality.  There can be little doubt that EHRs ...

By Donald F. Wilson, M.D. For the first time we, as a society, possess both the knowledge and the technology to transform the medical practice, ...

By Ron Nelson For years, HIPAA insisted on data privacy and security protections—and for years, those same requirements were ignored with relative impunity.  Last year’s ...

Millions of Americans use social networks and blogs to communicate, but when those users are physicians, challenges to the patient-physician relationship can arise. New policy ...

By Houston Neal A critical step in any provider’s electronic health record (EHR) software purchase is the negotiation of the software license agreement (SLA). EHR ...

By Alan Lyndon Meaningful Use; Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Regional Extension Centers….Physicians didn’t sign up ...

By Brad Broker As if there weren’t enough websites offering medical advice, along comes a high-profile, well-funded new site that will surely result in more ...

If you’re in the market for an EHR system, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) — this is the division ...