Cerner revenue up 8%, cites revenue cycle, population health progress for...
Cerner announced that its revenue for the third quarter of 2017 was $1.3 billion, up from $1.2 billion in the same time last year. President Zane Burke specifically pointed to revenue cycle software...
View ArticleCerner execs say VA deal 'feels good,' and they have an appetite for more
Just days after Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, testified before Congress that the entire EHR modernization project VA presumptively awarded to Cerner will take 7 to 8 years, Cerner...
View ArticleVanderbilt University Medical Center finally ready to go live with Epic EHR
After two years in the making, Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center will shift from its McKesson electronic health record to an Epic EHR. McKesson is discontinuing support for certain...
View ArticleAllscripts to VA: Look beyond EHR, fast-track interoperability
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is heading in the right direction by replacing its legacy EHR with Cerner, but the agency will need to fast-track the power of its new EHR and improve...
View ArticleEHR fatigue has frustrated doctors looking to cut clinical hours
The burden and bureaucracy of modern medicine, not to mention technological frustrations, inflict a toll on U.S. physicians and appear to be major factors influencing their intentions to reduce...
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Here's why 9 systems made planning for EHR go-lives a priority
There have been several major EHR go-lives that required years of planning resources - financial and staffing - to make it all work. Here are a few orgs that took the leap and the lessons they learned...
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Lessons Learned from the eMERGE Network in Preparing the EMR for Precision...
Author: IntelSponsor: IntelPrimary topic: Precision MedicineTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Precision MedicineResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleMeaningful Measures show CMS, ONC commitment to deregulation
Two top federal health officials are talking about cutting the regulatory red tape for how physicians are reimbursed, as the final MACRA rule on the physician fee schedule is due out this week.The...
View ArticleHealthPartners Institute advances hypertension study with $6 million PCORI grant
HealthPartners Institute is embarking on the next phase of its ongoing high blood pressure study, dubbed Hyperlink, with a $6 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The...
View ArticleMcKesson presses Trump commission to leverage pharmacists, patient safety...
McKesson is calling on the Trump Administration to implement a number of recommendations to help combat the opioid crisis.In a letter to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the chair of the President’s...
View ArticleSenators reintroduce EHR Regulatory Relief Act to dramatically change...
A group of United States Senators on Thursday put forth legislation intended to reduce the burden that using EHRs and attesting to the meaningful use incentive program put on doctors.“Our bill ensures...
View ArticleAllscripts extends more contracts to Paragon, plans to enhance EHRs
Allscripts announced this week that four more hospitals have extended their Paragon EHR agreements with the company in the third quarter of 2017, following its acquisition of McKesson's Enterprise...
View ArticleWhy streamlined data plus EHR connectivity equals more revenue
Hospitals and health systems are constantly looking for ways to boost revenue, and a few sound strategies have emerged including streamlining EHR data and simply increasing the number of patients a...
View ArticleCongress is trying to ensure interoperability between VA, DoD
The House Committee on Veterans Affairs introduced legislation today that would strengthen congressional oversight of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ transition from its legacy VistA EHR to...
View ArticleMACRA final rule maintains EHR flexibility for 2015 editions, boosts...
As the Quality Payment Program enters its second year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued its 1,653-page final rule on Nov. 2, with an array of implications for the ways physician...
View ArticleEpic sued over millions in alleged anesthesia over-billing; Company stands by...
Healthcare IT giant Epic Systems has been hit with a False Claims Act suit that alleges the company’s billing system double bills the government for anesthesia services.According to the suit that was...
View ArticleAMIA, OpenNotes partner on patient engagement
The American Medical Informatics Association and OpenNotes will collaborate to expand the access and control that patients and families have over their own health data. OpenNotes, which co-director Tom...
View ArticleEpic, Cerner, CVS align with Surescripts to make personalized prescription...
Surescripts, six EHR vendors, CVS Health and Express Scripts revealed a new joint effort on Tuesday to deliver data about prescription benefits and pricing to clinicians at the point of care.The goal...
View ArticleTiger Institute joins Sequoia Project, linking EHRs with SSM Health
In a big advance for interoperability in mid-Missouri, the Tiger Institute Health Alliance HIE has linked up the Sequoia Project eHealth Exchange.The HIE, which includes University of Missouri Health...
View ArticleKLAS picks EHR leaders in ambulatory, acute, home, long-term care and more
A new report from KLAS rating EHRs vendors from across the entire continuum of care is shining a light on some of the niche vendors catering to the ambulatory care, acute care, home care, long-term...
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