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 ...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released a sweeping proposed rule Tuesday that includes plans to improve data sharing with public health authorities — a major ...

The draft plan builds on its predecessor, which the health IT agency said drove “significant progress” in the use and exchange of electronic health information. Boosting cybersecurity and preparedness ...

Healthcare industry stakeholders made their case to leaders in President Donald Trump's health department last week about the need to improve the nation's health information technology infrastructure.

Empowering individuals to take a more active role in managing their health and improving health outcomes requires ready access to their personal health information (PHI). Unfortunately, a variety of ...

A transformed healthcare system will provide the right care to the right patient at the right cost at the right time. This will only be possible, however, if the most up-to-date scientific and ...

This past month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology put out a request ...

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 ...