Electronic medication alerts can help physicians more accurately and safely prescribe medications to patients with kidney disease, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, FierceEMR reports.

The rate of telemedicine adoption among health care providers increased by about three percentage points between 2014 and 2015, according to a new HIMSS Analytics study, FierceHealthIT reports (Dvorak, FierceHealthIT

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who used a telemedicine application to report daily symptoms to a provider experienced improved health benefits, according to a study published in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health,

In recent years, telehealth technologies are diffusing rapidly into all aspects of healthcare practices, ranging from traditional medical consultations to various patient-centric areas. These new uses bring a promise of integrating computerized support and Internet functionality into the deeper recesses of our community, addressing the intractable problems of access and population-specific health disparities. To ensure the promised benefits of these new telehealth systems, usability has become an ever-present and pressing issue for the research community.