That’s the question that Atul Gawande sought to answer in a recent, thought-provoking article in The New Yorker. Gawande, who is a surgeon with Partners HealthCare, notes that digitization “promises ...

Advances in health information technology and new federal financial incentives are fueling rapid growth in the use of electronic medical record (EMR) systems Advances in health information technology ...

It happens every day, in exam rooms across the country, something that would have been unthinkable 20 years ago: Doctors and nurses turn away from their patients and focus their attention elsewhere — ...

Twitter is grand fun, Facebook can be useful and informational, and all sorts of computer activities have become second nature to most of us. However, one thing you will not find in my office is ...