Regenstrief wins $1.7 million AHRQ grant to tackle the elusive patient ID puzzle
Regenstrief Institute won a new five-year, $1.7 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for development and testing of automated patient identification approaches....
View ArticleBig wave of artificial intelligence and machine learning coming to...
CHICAGO -- As hospitals and health systems leverage information technology, healthcare executives must advocate for caregivers to improve provider satisfaction, be prepared for a telehealth explosion,...
View ArticleWolters Kluwer integrates order sets with Epic EHR
Wolters Kluwer Health is integrating its ProVation Order Sets with Epic software, in a move that aims to help hospitals streamline workflows for information governance and improve clinical decision...
View ArticleAMA, others strike long-term partnership with Human Diagnosis Project
More underserved patients could soon benefit from expanded access to specialists, as several top medical societies pledged a long-term partnership with the Human Diagnosis Project, which plans to scale...
View ArticleHIMSS Analytics goes global with LOGIC database expansion
HIMSS Analytics has expanded its LOGIC platform to include international data, broadening its scope to include information on the purchasing decisions of some 380,000 healthcare providers in nearly...
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Decide for yourself: Will Apple and Amazon enter the EHR market?
Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Slideshow Image: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/sites/default/files/besos-cook-712.pngSlideshow Description: Speculation about Amazon and Apple positioning...
View ArticleAmazon could seek pharmacy partner to crack healthcare, Goldman Sachs says
Amazon appears to have put its plans to join the healthcare market on the fast track.On the heels of creating a stealth team to focus on opportunities in the healthcare IT market, the e-commerce giant,...
View ArticleUsing both Direct and FHIR standards could improve data exchange
As HL7's FHIR standard continues to catch on across healthcare, there are ways it can be leveraged to work in tandem with the Direct protocol for better information exchange, a new report from...
View ArticleMIT Medical picks Cerner for EHR, population health
MIT Medical will install a Cerner Millennium EHR as well as the company’s integrated financial and population health management technology, the provider announced Tuesday.MIT Medical is an ambulatory...
View ArticleThe next big thing in AI, emotional intelligence, could give hospitals a...
As Amazon's Alexa makes "herself" comfortable in more and more homes, she and similar artificial intelligence technologies could soon be having an impact on hospitals.AI-based virtual assistants are...
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Doctors loathe their EHRs, right? Not these physicians
EHR dissatisfaction is rampant. Doctors complain about too many clicks and unusable interfaces, to name just two common gripes. Health IT pros and clinicians hear and read about these problems a lot....
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The biggest healthcare breaches of 2017 (so far)
Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Network InfrastructurePrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetySlideshow Image:...
View ArticleMIT projects explore machine learning applications to improve EHRs
Two new studies from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory shed light on ways machine learning can improve electronic health records and predictive analytics to help physicians...
View ArticleEHR vendor CliniComp sues government over no-bid VA contract with Cerner
San Diego-based electronic health record vendor CliniComp has filed a bid protest with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the Department of Veterans Affairs for allegedly awarding Cerner a...
View ArticleMassTech grants EHR vendors thousands to improve child behavioral health data...
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at MassTech has awarded nearly $200,000 to four electronic health record vendors to build pathways for Massachusetts behavioral health providers to...
View ArticleHow predictive analytics helped reduce readmissions at UnityPoint Health
The most sophisticated analytics programs in the world won't matter for much if health systems staffs don't use them, or don't use them well. Technology is important, but integrating it into clinical...
View ArticleIntermountain tweaks Cerner EHR in bid to reduce opioid prescriptions
As the opioid national emergency continues, Intermountain Healthcare is promising to reduce the number of hydrocodone, oxycodone and other opioids dispensed by its 22 hospitals and 180 clinics by 40...
View ArticleEHR Association weighs in on MACRA, 21st Century Cures, asks for fewer delays
Officials from Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and two dozen other electronic health record vendors called for timeliness and clarity on requirements for MACRA’s Quality Payment Program in comments submitted...
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The biggest healthcare breaches of 2017 (so far)
Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Network InfrastructurePrivacy & SecurityQuality and SafetySlideshow Image:...
View ArticleDeloitte, PwC lead Klas rankings of global health IT consulting firms
Deloitte and PwC headline lead a newly released list of firms that non-U.S. provider organizations are considering for health IT consulting work, according to new rankings from Klas. Deloitte is widely...
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