Despite concerns elsewhere about the privacy of personal health information, Kentucky’s top health official says her agency is one of the best in the nation at protecting and managing such...
Modern technology has brought about an increase in identity theft and lately in a particularly dangerous form: medical identity theft. According to a survey conducted by the Identity Theft Resource...
Electronic health records have been hailed as a great boon to patients and health-care providers, but the next phase of their implementation poses obstacles for many small, independent hospitals, Jennifer...
Doctors say use of electronic health records is one factor contributing to physician dissatisfaction because it interferes with patient care, says a new study. Surveyed physicians blame EHRs for reduced...
A recent survey found that 63 percent of rural health providers in Southern Kentucky have not installed electronic health records software, so more than 280 of the small and rural...
The conversion to electronic health records isn’t producing savings in health-care costs predicted by a 2005 report, and it’s had mixed results in improving efficiency and patient care, according to...
Kentucky has the highest incidence of cancer in the United States, but it is about to be a national leader in delivering information about cancer cases to researchers. With the...
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News Hospitals aren’t reporting cases in which medical care harmed a patient, making it difficult for providers to identify problems and fix them, according to...
Though officials tout otherwise, a study has found electronic health records do not cut costs “and may actually encourage doctors to order expensive tests more often,” reports Steve Lohr for...
One of the fears of electronic health records is that personal information can be stolen en masse, a possibility that became a reality when a laptop computer was stolen at...