The pandemic has placed a spotlight on public health -- its workforce, infrastructure and underlying information systems designed to collect, analyze and manage public health data. Informatics, health ...

As artificial intelligence tools continue to advance, the transformative potential in healthcare is becoming increasingly clear. Historically, much of the focus has been on validating algorithms in ...

The World Health Organization warns that current health information systems are unprepared for rapidly ageing populations and must expand beyond hospitals to include long-term care, social services ...

Health system CIOs redefine IT as a value center by linking digital strategy to enterprise growth, efficiency, and scalability amid tight margins.

A system designed to digitalise and link up the various parts of Kosovo’s healthcare network is still not up and running, 13 years after it was introduced. Zejnullah Berisha woke up early on May 20 to ...

The Indian Health Service is looking for electronic health record (EHR) vendors to replace the outdated health information system it and many tribal and urban American Indian healthcare organizations ...

The passage of the HITECH Act and the 2011 launch of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs (now known as the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program and commonly referred to as ...

Indiana has a long history of health information exchange, shaped with the help of the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana Health Information Exchange. This history began in the 1970s, when the ...

Health systems are turning to the virtualization capability of IT platforms to gain visibility into sensitive data and streamline operations.

Thailand is developing a 5G-powered intelligent medical information and full-service system and has recently announced the cooperation of five organisations that will work on the project. These ...

Consolidation of health care providers into vertically integrated health systems continued through the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in ever greater concentration in the U.S. health care system.