Azalea Health, Prognosis Innovation Healthcare merge, targeting rural providers
Azalea Health, a web-based healthcare systems and services vendor, is merging with Prognosis Innovation Healthcare, a vendor of an electronic health records system targeting rural and community...
View ArticleTelehealth picks up speed as providers see value despite challenges
KLAS partnered recently with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives to ask more than 100 healthcare organizations about their plans for telehealth deployments.Despite ongoing...
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The biggest healthcare breaches of 2017 (so far)
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View ArticleCerner's third-party apps draw crowds at annual conference
At the end of the day Wednesday, Tate Gilchrist was surprised he had not lost his voice, given all the questions he had fielded at the Cerner Annual Conference 2017 that ends Thursday in Kansas...
View ArticleCerner tackles interoperability from two new angles
At the 2017 Cerner Health Conference this week, attended by more than 16,000 customers from around the world, the company put interoperability and patient access front and center.First, Cerner...
View ArticleEpic's rival EHR vendors say they too are making the 'CHR' switch
Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner drove a stake into the ground when she said the company is transforming today’s EHR into a Comprehensive Health Record, a.k.a CHR.But health and IT executives should take...
View ArticleEric Topol draws line in sand: Patients own their medical data
In a firm, bulleted-list, notable author and physician-scientist Eric Topol, MD, sparked a Twitter debate on his insights about the barriers to giving patients their medical record -- and why the shift...
View ArticleAthenahealth, Cerner, Epic see wide adoption of population health platforms
While much of the population health management work hospitals are undertaking today relies on EHRs, new research from KLAS uncovered a crop of technology companies gaining purchase in the realm: IBM...
View ArticlePredictive analytics can spot patients not taking their medicine
Any health system trying to tackle population health management in any meaningful way has to grapple with the challenge of patients who don't adhere to their care plans – especially those who, for...
View ArticleFighting physician burnout: How tech can undo the damage done by EHRs
When it comes to doctor burnout, technology is both the problem and a potential solution.“Let’s not dance around it – we all know how much the electronic health record has contributed to the physician...
View ArticleMichigan-based psychiatric hospital picks Epic for EHR, data sharing
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, which includes a psychiatric hospital and a variety of mental health services, is preparing for an Epic Systems electronic health record rollout.Pine Rest’s...
View ArticleAMA initiative calls for common data model, uniting providers, health IT firms
The American Medical Association has launched the Integrated Health Model Initiative, a platform it says will help move the healthcare industry toward a common data model and pioneer a shared framework...
View ArticleCost is top threat to care quality, and fixing that can repair our broken...
The $2.7 trillion that America spends on healthcare every year is overshadowing doctors’ ability to provide quality care to patients — but that dark cloud also shines a light on the opportunity, and...
View ArticleAllscripts links up with Zocdoc appointment scheduling tech
The Allscripts EHR now can link with healthcare information and appointment booking app Zocdoc through Zocdoc’s participation as an integrator in the Allscripts Developer Program. This will enable a...
View ArticleNext-generation sequencing is bringing precision medicine into the clinical...
Genomic sequencing has come a long way in a short time, and its potential to drive even faster innovations in precision medicine is enormous.To capitalize on that opportunity, however, health systems...
View ArticleEHR-related malpractice claims are rising, and risk-mitigation strategies...
Malpractice claims for errors caused, all or in part, by electronic health records have risen significantly, according to a report from The Doctors Company, a physician-owned malpractice insurer. The...
View ArticleMedsphere Systems, Stockell Healthcare merge in marriage of EHR, revenue...
Medsphere Systems and Stockell Healthcare Systems will merge, uniting under one banner Medsphere’s subscription-based electronic health record system and Stockell’s suite of revenue cycle management...
View ArticleChildren's National Health System wins HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award for...
Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Health System on Wednesday won a HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award for its pediatric concussion care initiatives. “This recognition represents over 10 years of...
View ArticleMichigan HIE adds alert tools to show social determinants of health
Great Lakes Health Connect, a health information exchange covering much of Michigan, is upgrading its referral capabilities by incorporating information about social determinants of health into its...
View ArticleBest Practices for Protecting Your Epic EHR
Sponsor: CommvaultPrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Privacy & SecurityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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