Selecting the Right EHR for Your Practice
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View ArticleEpic to demo new Sonnet EHR at HIMSS18
Last year at HIMSS17 Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner announced the company was developing two new EHRs for hospitals that don’t need the full version of Epic. This year at HIMSS18 attendees...
View ArticleMeditech touts cloud-based EHR, looks to post-meaningful use era at HIMSS18
Meditech had a big year in 2017. Nearly 100 clients adopted its new web-based EHR, with almost four dozen of them representing new customers. Now the longtime electronic health record leader (founded...
View ArticlePatient advocate: How patients want to navigate chronic health issues
When Kate Sheridan was 11 years old, a series of complications from Lyme Disease changed her life dramatically.“I went from a straight A student to not being able to read and write, a competitive...
View ArticleOptimizing your EHR investments ― The next leap forward
What does Leidos mean by “optimizing EHR investments?” It’s about leveraging your good technology investments to realize great results. It’s finding better ways to manage your cash flow and refocusing...
View ArticleGeisinger spinoff xG Health builds out evidence-based medicine in Epic software
xG Health, a startup that came out of Geisinger Health System, worked with Epic to make its xG Intelligent Care Management became available in Epic's Healthy Planet software in February of 2017. And...
View ArticleInterSystems teams with Edico Genome for precision medicine workflows
One of the biggest challenges facing providers who want to deploy precision medicine at the point of care is the changes it requires for physician workflow. A new partnership between Edico Genome and...
View ArticleChange unveils cloud service that ties EHRs to case management systems
Change Healthcare announced InterQual AutoReview, a software-as-a-service tool that can be used to automate parts of the medical review process.Change showed an early version of InterQual AutoReview...
View ArticleJust 4 years after first EHR go-live, rural hospital aims for HIMSS Stage 7
Tiny, 11-bed Pagosa Springs Medical Center, based in Archuleta County, Colorado, doesn't have a lot in the way of technology resources and staff."I've got one IT guy and four informaticists," said...
View ArticleDell EMC focuses on precision medicine, connected health, security at HIMSS18
Two years ago, Dell and EMC made headlines for completing one of the largest tech mergers in history, the $67 billion acquisition by Dell of EMC’s cloud computing and big data business.Now, at HIMSS18,...
View ArticleeClinicalWorks to launch cloud-based platform for acute care, revenue cycle
eClinicalWorks announced that it will launch new cloud-based services for acute care EHR settings and revenue cycle management at HIMSS18 next week.The platform is designed to create a “unified EHR,”...
View ArticleBipartisan Senate bill would require EPCS nationwide to fight opioids
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators – Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts; Michael Bennet, D-Colorado; Dean Heller, R-Nevada, and Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania – introduced a bill on Feb. 27 that seeks to...
View ArticleCarequality's interoperability framework now exchanging 2.5 million documents...
On the cusp of HIMSS18, Carequality gave an update on the progress it has made in the past year-and-a-half. “We’ve gone from concept to critical mass,” said Carequality Vice President Dave Cassel. “The...
View ArticleTelmediq adds call center console to its communication platform
Telmediq has added a new call center console to its secure communications platform, enabling operators at health systems to manage inbound calls while accessing data from clinical IT systems in real...
View ArticleEHRs steal primary care doctors face time with patients, study finds
Primary care providers spend more time working with their electronic health record systems than they do looking at patients during visits, according to new research published in Family...
View ArticleMissouri Health taps Cerner to streamline revenue cycle
University of Missouri Health Care announced that it will roll out revenue cycle management technology from Cerner. Under the agreement, Cerner will help manage revenue cycle performance across the...
View ArticleCerner to showcase Apple collaboration at HIMSS18, president Zane Burke says
HIMSS18 will be a pivotal one for Cerner in many ways. It’s the first with new CEO Brent Shafer, who has big shoes to fill as the first outside hire to lead the company since founder and longtime CEO...
View ArticleHealth Catalyst unveils AI tool that 'borrows from Amazon and Netflix'
Health Catalyst introduced Touchstone at HIMSS18 and, in so doing, described it as a performance discovery, prioritization, benchmarking and recommendation tool. “Touchstone is built from the ground up...
View ArticleDoD-Cerner EHR project finding improvements, despite some challenges
Cerner’s EHR project for the U.S. Department of Defense has already led to increased clinical efficiencies and reductions in duplicative testing for some sites part of the initial pilot, according to a...
View ArticleSmarter care: Focusing on consumer engagement for better health outcomes
AnalyticsElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Patient EngagementPopulation HealthPrecision MedicineActionable insights and intelligent health care experiences lead to personalized care and improved...
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