ONC contest winners find innovative algorithms to fix patient matching problem
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has revealed the winners of its Patient Matching Algorithm Challenge, launched this past June. More than 40 competing teams,...
View ArticleVA email system tweak expected to free up doctors to spend more time with...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced this week that it has retooled its Inbox Notifications system, a messaging platform used to relay clinical information – test results, referrals,...
View ArticleEHR vendors, AHIMA push use of clinical decision support to prevent patient...
Electronic health records software can play a more prominent role in helping to prevent patient falls, AHIMA said in new research. EHR vendors such as Epic, Cerner and Meditech, in fact, have been...
View ArticleUnsealed VA EHR plans show designs for unified DoD/VA system, price info...
After months of waiting to hear details on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ plans to replace its EHR with Cerner, recently unsealed documents reveal the agency is hoping to create a single,...
View ArticleAHIMA: Here's how hospitals should document opioid abuse in the EHR
As the U.S. takes aim at the opioid crisis, the American Health Information Management Association has put together a tip sheet to help clinicians better document how their patients are using these...
View ArticleDoctors spend too much time on EHRs? Most patients don't think so
Given all the hue and cry about electronic health records distracting clinicians and inhibiting their ability to make eye contact with patients during office visits, the consensus has been that doctors...
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Protecting Medical IoT Devices – Lessons Learned from WannaCry and NotPetya
Sponsor: ZingBoxPrimary topic: Quality and SafetyTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Privacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleAMA President: We're fighting hard to prevent info blocking, physician burnout
The American Medical Association is fighting to prevent information blocking or to stop vendors from making it expensive for physicians to share data, AMA President David Barbe, MD, said over the...
View ArticleMeditech rolls out cloud-based EHR subscription model for critical access...
Meditech has launched a new offering for its critical access hospital customers: Meditech-as-a-Service, a cloud-based EHR that's available through a monthly subscription.MaaS aims to offer smaller...
View ArticleCliniComp tells VA it will drop suit if IT pros evaluate Cerner tech for...
California-based EHR developer CliniComp has offered to settle its lawsuit against the government if the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will agree to have a technology professional assess the...
View ArticleUC Health goes live on shared, cloud-based Epic EHR
The University of California San Diego Health and UC Irvine Health have rolled-out a single EHR platform from Epic, in a collaboration designed to decrease patient care costs and improve operational...
View ArticleProviders need their EHRs for MACRA, but too bad they hate them
Despite high participation rate for MACRA's Quality Payment Program, providers may not be set up for success. New findings from analytics company SA Ignite and Porter Research shows the electronic...
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Blockchain beyond EHRs: Transforming value-based payment, precision medicine,...
The considerable hype around blockchain is starting to be tempered by enterprises earning practical experience and identifying worthwhile use cases for the technology. Most of the buzz around...
View ArticleA CIO's journey to EHR success and stability
Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)InteroperabilityWhen the thrill of electronic health record implementation is over, hospital and IT execs are left to wonder: We are live on the EHR, so now...
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The Impact of Connectivity on Rural Hospitals & the Promise it Holds
Sponsor: SpectrumPrimary topic: Precision MedicineTopic: AnalyticsCareer PlanningElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Financial/Revenue Cycle ManagementInnovation PulseInteroperabilityPatient...
View ArticleCerner DoD overhaul coming out in waves; VA deal means 'single system' approach
Now that Cerner has successfully rolled out its electronic health record platform at four military provider sites in the Pacific Northwest – Fairchild Air Force Base, Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor,...
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Crawl, Walk, Run: Three Real World Patient Matching Case Studies
Author: VeratoSponsor: VeratoPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)InteroperabilityResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleCHIME drops National Patient ID Challenge
CHIME revealed that it is suspending its National Patient ID Challenge. After two years of work, the CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust put the global competition aimed at incentivizing innovators to...
View ArticleeClinicalWorks sued for nearly $1 billion for inaccurate medical records
EHR vendor eClinicalWorks has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that alleges patients couldn’t trust their medical record’s accuracy due to flaws in the company’s software.The suit comes just six...
View ArticleMore than half of European hospitals underfund IT, HIMSS Analytics finds
As European healthcare providers deploy some of the same big-ticket technologies as their American counterparts, notably EHRs, patient engagement and eHealth tools, many are operating with tight IT...
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