A team of investigative reporters recently released a scathing analysis of the Obama administration's decade-old push to digitize patient health records. The report, conducted by Fortune Magazine and ...

Most of today’s medical professionals prefer electronic medical records (EMRs) over paper medical records, viewing them as a substantial improvement. However, not all practices will fare better by ...

If you are accused of a crime, there are four people who can’t be forced to testify against you, under traditional common law: your doctor, your lawyer, your priest and your spouse. The last three are ...

Medical service contractors working for the Customs and Border Protection are using an agency app to record migrants’ medical information instead of just writing it down. Homeland Security Health ...

Miami University, in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code, has a Records Management Program for the purpose of ensuring proper scheduling, storage, and disposal of University records. Records include ...

When I moved cross-country, the last thing on my mind was collecting and organizing my health records -- until I needed to see various healthcare professionals in my new state. It was a nightmare: ...

Maintaining paper documents and files is an expensive proposition for an organization. Documents must be inserted into file folders and placed in an expensive filing cabinet, and office real estate ...

The nation's manufacturers produce a lot of paper. Not intentionally, though; documents and files are part of doing business, no matter what a company actually makes. The problem is the cost of ...

With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act, electronic health records have been widely adopted across healthcare organizations large and small. While there are many benefits ...