DirectTrust has made the draft of its new Trusted Instant Messaging+ standard available for testing. It bills TIM+ as the industry-first standard to enable real-time secure healthcare IMs by incorporating...

Children have specific and unique medical needs – and software supporting their care should be tailored to help address those needs.  So the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published...

Overuse or misuse of antibiotics in hospital settings is a global problem, fueling one of the most serious public health threats: antimicrobial resistance. An estimated 20 per cent to 50 per cent of acute...

Medication safety problems are a leading cause of injury and preventable harm in a hospital-based setting. Although electronic health records that include computerized physician-order entry and clinical-decision...

At HIMSS20 next week, two population health leaders from Northwell Health will describe their efforts to know more about their patients’ social determinants of health – and will show how their...

Non-profit organization The Sequoia Project has published a new document that provides actionable implementation guidance and feedback in anticipation of the new information blocking rules, expected soon...