A group of New York hospitals and health care centers were targeted in a cyberattack that for two months allowed hackers to access patients' private information, officials said this week. The attack ...

With the adoption of EHRs and patients’ growing demand for access to information, the rate at which hospitals are offering electronic capabilities — and that patients are using them — has skyrocketed ...

You arrive at the scene to find a patient struggling to breathe. They can’t speak clearly, no family is present, and no one knows their medical history. What medications are they on? Do they have life ...

To track the use of web-based patient portals and smartphone applications by patients seeking their health information, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released an analysis ...

More than 75 health systems sent a letter to federal officials calling for stronger oversight of nationwide data sharing networks, flagging issues with "bad actors" gaining access to patients' medical ...

Making health data more accessible to patients – not to mention doctors and health plans – is a priority for all hospitals and health systems today, as the final Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

The Consumer Engagement Strategy Workgroup was launched in 2024 by The Sequoia Project's Interoperability Matters program, with a goal of identifying ways to decrease the data access-related ...

Electronic health records empower patients to look into their medical history and take action when it comes to their healthcare. By having more information in their back pockets, patients can figure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Healthcare Dive caught up with Epic at the HIMSS23 conference in Chicago. Epic, one of the nation’s largest electronic health ...

Credit: Getty Images. Although convenient access to health information online has the potential to improve outcomes as the result of patients being more informed, ensuring the accuracy of that ...