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Nurses increasingly need advanced degrees to get hired

Registered nurses looking for jobs are seeing increased demand for advanced degrees and more career opportunities outside of hospitals, according to a nursing supply-and-demand study conducted by the

Hospital system promotes EHR via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

Texas Health Resources has invested millions toward installing an Epic Systems EHR over the last five years. To spread the word about the advantages of the technology, the 24-hospital system based in

eHealth Initiative finds significant gains in EMR adoption since 2007

Health IT adoption is gaining steam, but many have been unable to articulate the value of EMRs within their organizations and, significantly, to the public, a new report suggests. Still, people are

HHS panel: EHRs should offer 'just-in-time education' in genetics

An HHS advisory panel says that EHRs can help educate healthcare professionals on the rapidly evolving field of genetics. "This approach involves the EHR 'understanding' where the provider is in the

Dr. Robert Teague: Electronic records as is could be 'potentially dangerous'

Having been at this for about 20 years--both in design and implementation--the current crop of electronic records is most definitely not ready for prime time. In the beginning, the software

Democrats file bill addressing geriatric provider shortage

Over the last several years, the United States has seen a growing shortage of physicians specializing in geriatric medicine. Only about 7,000 U.S. physicians, or 1 percent, are certified