Google strikes several hospital partnerships for machine learning research
Google announced expanded partnerships with three blue-chip academic medical centers this past week, where bioinformaticians will explore how its machine learning technology can be deployed in clinical...
View ArticleVA to Congress: Trump's budget will modernization veterans care
While President Donald Trump’s proposed budget slashes funding to a host of agencies, the Department of Veterans Affairs would see and increase, and that has VA Secretary David Shulkin feeling...
View ArticleThe submarine effect: Cerner pres says DoD modernization benefits all customers
Calling Cerner’s project to modernize the U.S. Defense Department’s EHR a “resounding success,” Cerner President Zane Burke said that the work also helps the rest of its customers — and he pointed to...
View ArticleRush Health launches HIE with InterSystems platform, expands data sharing
Chicago-based Rush Health has launched the first phase of Rush Health Connect, a platform that makes it possible for members to share health information securely.Rush Health’s network includes...
View ArticleAustralian hospitals fighting system failure after botched WannaCry patch
Queensland Health, in its attempt to protect its computer systems from the major WannaCry ransomware campaign, inadvertently shut down the electronic health records systems at five of its key hospitals...
View ArticleeClinicalWorks fate in question, and it holds lessons for all hospital CIOs
With eClinicalWorks facing powerful turbulence with its customers, executives are asking stark questions about whether or not it can make it through. “I think they can survive,” said Justin Sleeper, a...
View ArticleWhat would the end of net neutrality mean for healthcare?
The Federal Communications Commission hasn't yet overturned existing net neutrality rules, but the Republican-led agency is widely expected to soon.Even ardent supporters of rules to ensure web traffic...
View ArticleConcerned the eClinicalWorks fiasco could happen to your EHR? Take these...
The eClinicalWorks National IT Implementation and Architecture group convened on Thursday afternoon to discuss the newest service packs from the EHR vendor — and that conversation took a last-minute...
View ArticleUPMC names Robert Bart CMIO, will focus on health records, clinical tech
Robert Bart, MD, has joined UPMC as chief medical information officer of the Health Services Division.In this role, he will oversee the health system's efforts to boost the use of electronic health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poll results: eClinicalWorks customers should take their data and run,...
Vendor eClinicalWorks has to offer customers EHR upgrades and it must transfer client’s data to a competitive EHR if asked, both for free per their settlement agreement with the Department of...
View ArticleDOJ will probe more EHR vendors for false claims, sources say
Are EHR vendors the new villains of healthcare?A major electronic health record software player, eClinicalWorks, just got busted for falsely obtaining certification with the meaningful use criteria...
View ArticlePoll: Cerner gets big VA contract, are you surprised?
After weeks of speculation about where the agency will land, The U.S Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen Cerner to replace its ailing VistA electronic health record. For many, including Black...
View ArticleHospitals, turn up the heat on vendors if you want EHRs to improve
NEW YORK — The time has come for hospital IT executives to become much more demanding customers of their electronic health records vendors to bolster clinical decision support, reduce medical errors...
View ArticleVA secretary: Cerner EHR choice brings big clinical gains
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, said he was speaking as a physician when he said choosing Cerner to replace VistA was "the right thing to change veterans' healthcare."Addressing reporters...
View ArticlePopulation health: 'Let's leave CMS out of this,' experts say
NEW YORK – Population health management is approaching an impasse triggered by the difficulty for private and nonprofit hospitals, social welfare systems and public health entities to understand...
View ArticleCoast Guard next to pick Cerner? Vendor is already prepping its EHR for the...
Now that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, revealed that VA has officially opted to replace its VistA EHR with one from Cerner, the overarching question: Is Cerner now a shoo-in for the...
View ArticleHow Cerner won the biggest EHR deal ever, twice
It's been almost two years since Cerner was awarded the most lucrative electronic health record contract in history by the U.S. Department of Defense. Now, as champagne pops in Kansas City celebrating...
View ArticleCan Epic count on its $624 million contract for VA scheduling system work?
Verona, Wisconsin-based healthcare technology giant Epic Systems is in the midst of developing a medical appointment and scheduling system for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.But, with its rival...
View ArticleSurescripts sees big boost in e-prescribing, patient data transfer
Healthcare information network Surescripts on Wednesday reported big jumps in the number of transactions and electronic prescriptions across its system since a year ago.“We started with e-prescribing,...
View ArticleEpic, Cerner, Allscripts moving to dominate the population health market
As EHR vendors are adding features and functionality for value-based and patient-centric care, hospitals will increasingly turn to those platforms for population health management initiatives instead...
View Article