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Worries about security, interoperability and patient rights are complicating the health care industry's transition to digital health care applications and electronic medical records. HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—The need to move to modern computer technology including cloud computing to enable the transition to digital health care and...

In my previous blog, I wrote about two factors that distinguish investment due diligence in seed and early stage high impact investing from investment due diligence for more established businesses. On the one hand, seed and early stage due diligence is binary – every...

Walgreens today announced its Healthcare Clinics will soon transition to the Epic electronic health record (EHR) platform, to further enhance care coordination among providers, while also supporting the long-term growth plan for its clinic business. The move to the new EHR, EpicCare, will begin in...

Independent medical groups are accusing big hospital-based networks — including Yale-New Haven Health System — of using their electronic health records as a tool to coerce practices to join them while punishing those who remain out of network. These accusations led Connecticut in June to become...

MILWAUKEE — Power outages. Crashed government service websites. Pilfered personal information from corporate or government databases. A world increasingly interconnected through the Internet also provides numerous opportunities for individuals or groups to visit malice or mischief upon people, businesses, utilities and government agencies....

Industry efforts to achieve interoperability have exploded in recent weeks, as several initiatives are working toward ways to advance the exchange of healthcare information. Most recently, HL7 convened a strategy meeting in Chicago to bring together stakeholders to discuss gaps in interoperability efforts and ways to...

Opportunity to capitalize on joint successes both companies have achieved to date in the ambulatory market Quality Systems, Inc. is building on its ambulatory-focused strategy with its recent acquisition of HealthFusion, a developer of cloud-based EHRs for physician practices. Quality Systems, which less than two weeks ago...