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Check out ONC's Electronic Health Record History Infographic and learn about how electronic health records connect you and your doctor and how they are evolving.

mHealth growth continues at a rapid pace. Statistics show adoption by both consumers and healthcare providers, ensuring mHealth growth will continue.

Very visual infographic on what could nanotechnology do in the human body.

The study, published in the January/February issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, shows EHR adoption by family physicians has doubled since 2005, with researchers estimating that the adoption rate will exceed 80 percent by the end of 2013.   Findings also reveal a higher percentage of EHR adoption among physicians in comparison to a July 2012 study conducted by the CDC's Center for National Health Statistics, which reported that 55 percent of office-based physicians had adopted EHRs.

The above  infographic created by Pathfinder Software illustrates how wireless sensors in healthcare is poised to reshape healthcare to help manage chronic disease through predictive analytics.

Many viruses and bacteria infect humans through mucosal surfaces, such as those in the lungs, gastrointestinal tract and reproductive tract. To help fight these pathogens, scientists are working on vaccines that can establish a front line of defense at mucosal surfaces.Vaccines can be delivered to the lungs via an aerosol spray, but the lungs often clear away the vaccine before it can provoke an immune response. To overcome that, MIT engineers have developed a new type of nanoparticle that protects the vaccine long enough to generate a strong immune response -- not only in the lungs, but also in mucosal surfaces far from the vaccination site, such as the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts.

Most cancers still remains as undefeated diseases. Scientists are trying hard to find cure for the cancers, but they are yet to achieve it. Though different therapeutic windows are being considered for cancer treatment such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy and gene therapy, but survival rates of survival are much lower than that of the expectation.

As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, investments in molecular biology, bioinformatics, disease management and the unraveling of the human genome are all finally bearing fruit. Personalized medicine promises to revolutionize the practice of medicine, transform the global healthcare industry, and ultimately lead to longer and healthier lives.