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The federal government is reviving proposed legislation that would allow digital health information to be shared safely across electronic systems.

How Interoperability Strengthens Trauma Response and Recovery, examines how hospitals and state agencies can improve ...

Epic Systems says 300,000 people’s digital health information records were accessed and sold from health records networks to law firms seeking clients.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is accelerating a systemwide rollout of its new electronic health records platform, with full deployment at all medical sites by 2031, according to the ...

The Department of Defense plans to decommission the online portal patients use to access old military health information and recommends patients download their digital medical records if they want to ...

For 20 years, the United States health care system has been on a journey to achieve universal adoption of electronic health record (EHR) technology and, eventually, interoperability between systems. A ...

Researchers at UMass Lowell have uncovered an innovative way to spot Alzheimer’s disease long before the first official ...

A mother's health during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period is the foundation of lifelong well-being, directly ...

A view of the Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2014. (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images) Numerous Veterans Health Administration facilities experienced challenges ...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mckenzie Greenleaf, 1st Special Operations Medical Group radiology technologist practices using the Military Health System Genesis Electronic Health Record System at ...

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