The introduction of the new digital medical records system at a joint Veterans Affairs-Defense Department hospital went well but required extra temporary and full-time staff.

WASHINGTON — The modernized electronic health records system at the Department of Veterans Affairs is designed to provide instant access to digital medical records of patients across the VA and ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense plan to work together to develop an electronic health records system that will allow doctors to easily share medical information ...

President-elect Barack Obama said in a speech on Thursday that the government will push for electronic health records for all Americans within five years in order to save both dollars and lives.

The Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs launched a shared electronic health record system at a Chicago hospital on Saturday, completing the military's adoption of the system and moving the ...

Legislation aimed at pushing doctors and reluctant health care providers toward a conversion from paper to electronic health records stored in searchable web-based databases is moving through Congress ...

From patient registration to diagnostic tests, Anne Arundel Medical Center is moving to an electronic medical records system, joining the trend of Maryland hospitals going paperless.