Health Catalyst launches new hospital safety surveillance analytics
Health Catalyst announced a new surveillance module for its Patient Safety Monitor suite that aims to help hospitals protect patient safety by deploying predictive analytics to monitor, predict and...
View ArticleIDC and Gartner on blockchain: What CIOs should be doing now
Blockchain. Health IT professionals know about the distributed ledger technology so full of promise for boosting EHRs, enabling interoperability, data cybersecurity and streamlining the supply chain....
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Health Wizz pilots blockchain and FHIR mobile app for EHRs
Health Wizz has updated and is piloting its unusual blockchain- and FHIR-enabled EHR aggregator mobile app, which uses blockchain to tokenize data, enabling patients to securely aggregate, organize,...
View ArticleCMS head Seema Verma: We are not leveraging the value of American clinicians
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday called for documentation of E/M visits to be scaled back. The move follows last week’s proposed rule that would bring sweeping policy changes...
View ArticleCentegra takes HIPAA-compliant Facebook approach to put caregivers on same page
Centegra Health System opted to participate in CMS' Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative. But at first, it wasn't sure how it was going to track, chart and monitor a patient's progress...
View ArticleEHRs can improve patient safety - if they're optimized well
Contrary to current levels of frustration among clinicians and other users, EHRs hold the power to positively impact patient care. But that takes a more thoughtful and phased approach than simply...
View ArticleHuman factors need to play bigger role in EHR design and implementation, AMA...
In an effort to assess how electronic health records are actually used in by physicians, researchers from American Medical Association and MedStar Health took a look at clinical workflows at four...
View ArticleCass Regional EHR back online after ransomware attack: What you need to know
Missouri-based Cass Regional Medical Center brought its EHR system back online on Monday, one week after it was hit by a ransomware attack.Hackers got into the system around 11 a.m. on July 9....
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More than half of Maine prescribers are now EPCS-enabled
Prescription opioid abuse in the U.S. is soaring. As the country's policymakers grapple with how to address this national emergency, great progress has been made in the state of Maine, which this month...
View ArticleTop 3 CIO priorities? Patient experience, IT cost containment, innovation
In an industry such as healthcare, where imperatives shift by the month and technology evolves by the day, the issues competing for space in the minds of IT decision-makers are constantly changing...
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Simplifying Healthcare Data Management
Sponsor: CommvaultPrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Resource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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Next-gen precision medicine: Consumerism, EHR integration, SMART on FHIR
Precision medicine is something of a Holy Grail in healthcare: Being able to deliver personalized treatments to individual patients to best cure specific ailments is the ultimate in healthcare.While...
View ArticleNHS to bolster hospital IT with $540 million in new spending
In his first major speech since becoming the new Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock has put information technology atop his list of priorities for improving the National Health Service.And...
View ArticleSenate confirms Robert Wilkie to head VA, will prioritize EHR project
Robert Wilkie, a Department of Defense under secretary was confirmed as Department of Veterans of Affairs Secretary on Monday, giving the troubled agency a permanent leader for the first time since...
View ArticleMount Sinai opens biomedical blockchain research center
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Institute for Next Generation Healthcare announced the opening of the Center for Biomedical Blockchain Research to use new technologies and data to...
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How an academic medical center integrated AI into its Epic EHR to improve...
Emergency room physicians are almost always asking themselves, “What’s in front of me right now? Is this independent from the problem the patient has or is it part of the problem?” To answer these...
View ArticleA CIO's take on EHR optimization: Engaging clinicians via many methods is...
ClinicalElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)WorkflowWorkforcePenn Medicine’s Mike Restuccia explains why instituting an end user survey is such an important, and eye-opening, step to take.Mike...
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EHR interoperability: We're closing in on a signature moment
Get ready for this: Interoperability is on the cusp of a breakthrough akin to AT&T customers being able to pick up their phones and call Verizon subscribers. That's a convenience that's long been...
View ArticleDoD raises budget on Leidos contract for Cerner EHR project by $1.2 billion
The U.S. Department of Defense will increase its budget for its Cerner electronic health record modernization contract with Leidos by about $1.2 billion, according to a justification and approval...
View ArticleTexas Hospital Association pilots tech giving view of inpatient, outpatient...
Prescription drug monitoring programs offer a valuable safeguard against overprescription of opioids, but they aren't perfect. A new technology being piloted at hospitals in Texas aims to complement...
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