Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner adds a billion to her fortune
Forbes is out with its annual list of richest people in tech, and it updates the estimated net worth of Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner to $3.4 billion.Forbes' previous estimate had been...
View ArticleDigital divide widening in hospital EHR deployments, report says
Meaningful use has done its job: More than 96 percent of U.S. hospitals are by now using certified electronic health records, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. But are...
View ArticlePew to ONC chief Rucker: Patient matching and data standardization can fix...
The Pew Charitable Trusts has called on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to advance interoperability by focusing on patient matching and standards for clinical...
View ArticleIndiana will integrate PDMP into EHRs statewide to fight opioid crisis
Indiana is launching a program to give providers the ability to see patient's controlled-substance prescription history more easily within their electronic health records.Gov. Eric J. Holcomb said the...
View ArticleWhat's next for health information exchanges?
Health information exchanges have for years been plagued by the looming question: Is HIE as a business model actually sustainable? And while few argue that they have faced challenges to basic survival,...
View ArticleHealth IT vendors, trade groups demand HHS eradicate information blocking
A group consisting of IT vendors and healthcare industry associations has recommended that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services take actions to eliminate information blocking.“This business...
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The biggest healthcare breaches of 2017 (so far)
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View ArticlePriorAuthNow scores $3.6 million in funding
Columbus, Ohio-based startup PriorAuthNow has raised $3.6 million to fast-track the rollout of its platform to healthcare systems across the country. The company also plans to use the funds to expand...
View ArticleCHIME backs DirectTrust health data exchange, announces collaboration
CHIME will work with DirectTrust to advocate the deployment of the DirectTrust framework and health information exchange network as the universal common electronic interface for health information...
View ArticleAllscripts picks Vidyo to add telehealth features to patient portal
EHR vendor Allscripts has selected the Vidyo.io platform from Vidyo to power virtual consultations directly embedded into the Allscripts FollowMyHealth patient portal.On-demand video visits can be...
View ArticleHow smart pump EHR integration could save a community hospital $2 million
Dave Baumgardner, chief information officer at Dover, Ohio-based Union Hospital, said there was one primary driver for the decision to link the hospital's 160 or so smart infusion pumps with its...
View ArticleIntermountain, University of Utah Health embark on plan for advanced cancer...
Researchers at the University of Utah Health, Intermountain Healthcare, and Huntsman Cancer Institute revealed their intentions to couple electronic health records with advanced clinical decision...
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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 ArticleKLAS: Pros and cons of health IT systems for managing antibiotic resistance...
When it comes to helping hospitals intervene, track internal metrics and use antimicrobial stewardship systems to their fullest potential, certain vendors have varying points of strength and weakness....
View ArticleApple, IBM, Google hold keys to make EHR data more actionable, Kalorama says
Big data: There’s an abundance of excitement yet so few practical applications deployed in healthcare today.The current fistful of overarching industry trends — precision medicine, population health,...
View ArticleCoalition publishes CDS software design guidelines for a post-21st Century...
The Clinical Decision Support Coalition comprises healthcare industry stakeholders – software developers, patient advocacy groups, clinical societies, providers and healthcare payers – working to...
View ArticleCerner creates advisory board to consult on VA Vista replacement
Healthcare IT giant Cerner has assembled an advisory group of former government, military and private sector leaders to advise the Cerner team deploying a new VA EHR how best to care for the nation’s...
View ArticleWhat's next for Allscripts-McKesson? Innovation and interoperability will be key
One month after Allscripts announced it would purchase McKesson's hospital IT business for $185 million, there are still plenty of open questions about how the deal will play out in a competitive...
View ArticleLakeland Health touts patient monitoring system for cutting cardiac,...
Michigan-based Lakeland Health has lowered the number of cardiac and respiratory arrests by 56 percent through the use of a patient monitoring system, the system said.Lakeland deployed monitors to...
View ArticleFDA final guidance on medical device interoperability highlights...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week released its final guidance for "smart, safe, and secure" interoperability, both among different medical devices and with IT systems.Developed using...
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