the ways in which information technology (IT) policy can improve patient care. Four issues are central: Ownership of Health Care Data. Medical data is created by an interaction between a patient ...

were pivotal events in health information technology (IT). They began the historic, nationwide effort to rapidly convert our health care delivery system from paper to electronic health records (EHRs).

The healthcare field is rapidly evolving, and the demands for improved patient outcomes, increased efficiency, and advanced ...

its purpose was to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology.) But healthcare providers, insurance payers and pharmacies all have the telephone end nodes to enable faxes ...

A letter from the guest editor highlights the potential for the findings in this special issue help us take steps toward realizing the promise of information technology in health care. Over the ...

Health informatics saves lives by combining information technology and computer science with clinical ... and improving communication between healthcare teams and their patients, which leads to better ...

helping healthcare organizations plan, implement, extend, and sustain enterprise information technology systems. The views, opinions and positions expressed within these guest posts are those of ...

There, Ms. Fox, who has a degree in anthropology, pioneered research methods to explore how information technology and social media affect the health-care industry and the consumer health-care ...

Financial pressures on healthcare providers are at an all ... to do managed services and even a complete outsourcing of information technology services and operations for those customers that ...