In this case designed for use in a business school, medical center, or health policy program, Kingstar Winning’s president, Zhou Wei, seeks to position his company for faster growth in anticipation of a market shakeup among providers of electronic medical records (EMRs) and eHealth solutions...

An unintended consequence of prescription opioid to alleviate chronic pain, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, is that it has fueled an unprecedented epidemic of drug overuse across the U.S. Tens of thousands of people have died from opioid overdose every year since the 2000s, and many of them...

Who owns a patient's medical information? The patient, the provider, or the insurer? All of the above? None of the above? In the emerging era of electronic medical records, no other legal question is more critical, more contested, or more poorly understood. Ownership was never much in doubt in...

Computer-based information systems feature in almost every aspect of our lives, and yet most of us receive handwritten prescriptions when we visit our doctors and rely on paper-based medical records in our healthcare. Although electronic health record (EHR) systems have long been promoted as a...

Politicians and policymakers have long dreamed of creating a national system of electronic health records (EHRs) that would radically transform the delivery of health care. The theoretical advantages of EHRs are tantalizing: among other things, they could reduce medical errors, improve care...