Hospitals leaning on EHRs for opioid management
A new report from KLAS surveyed more than 100 various-sized providers for insights about how they're relying on technology to help them manage the opioid crisis in their communities. Electronic health...
View ArticleDelivering command responsive and member centered healthcare in the...
Spanning a long and varied three decade career in military medicine with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Australian Defence Force (ADF), Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Tracy Smart demonstrated her...
View ArticlePatient records: Electronic or electric, you decide?
The use of Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) is now an accepted part of modern medicine, as many now recognise that using EPRs is safer and more productive than using paper.EPRs or Electronic Medical...
View ArticleEHR optimization leads to 53% increase in cash collections at Rangely Hospital
Rangely District Hospital in Rangely, Colorado, was struggling to show progress toward quality measures with limited reporting tools. It was at risk of missing out on revenue from Medicaid and...
View ArticleKeeping in PACE with health IT and continuous learning at the Singapore Armed...
In 1995, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Medical Corps introduced a large scale Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system, the first of its kind in Singapore. In less than a decade, the improved second...
View ArticleEpic introduces App Orchard low-cost option
Epic has reduced the price for startups to participate in its App Orchard developer program and revealed a new entry-level tier.The new option, dubbed Nursery, costs $100 a year. Epic also said it has...
View ArticleHow Australia’s Princess Alexandra Hospital became digital ready
According to Executive Director PAH-QEII Network at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Dr Michael Cleary, the hospital was identified as a “lead site” in the early days of strategy for the implementation of...
View ArticleCerner gives new updates on DoD and VA EHR rollouts
In an earnings call to discuss its Q3 results this past week, officials from Cerner offered new information about the ongoing electronic health record modernizations it's rolling out at the U.S....
View ArticleTimeline of NYC Health + Hospitals' $1 billion Epic EHR rollout
As is the case with many EHR implementations, the road to roll out has not been an easy one for New York City Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the country.Which is not entirely...
View ArticleCambridge University Hospitals revalidated against new EMRAM Stage 6 standards
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) has become the first NHS trust and the first Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) to be revalidated against the new Stage 6 HIMSS Analytics...
View ArticleUK start-ups selected to take part in £400,000 accelerator and more digital...
Ten UK health tech start-ups to receive £40,000 through KQ acceleratorTen UK start-ups working at the intersection of biomedical and data science have now been selected to take part in the £400,000,...
View ArticleEpic, Cerner and others moving into expanding global EHR market, says KLAS
The global market for electronic health records is as diverse and far-flung as the countries and cultures served by the technology. Different regions are at different levels in their IT maturity, have...
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The Power of Consumer and Lifestyle Data in Healthcare
Sponsor: AcxiomPrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Resource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleEpic signs new dental customer for its EHR
Epic has a new customer for its comprehensive health records system: Irvine, California-based Pacific Dental Services, which provides business and administrative services for dental offices.WHY IT...
View ArticleBeyond EMRAM: Reaching digital maturity with models
Primary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Primary Topic: AnalyticsAdditional Topics: AnalyticsDataTechnologyEHRTechnologyInteroperabilityTechnologyEHRSpecific Terms: Electronic Health...
View ArticleAthenahealth to be acquired for $5.7B by Veritas Capital and Elliott subsidiary
Athenahealth is set to be acquired by Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital for $5.7 billion.Together, Veritas and Evergreen, the private equity subsidiary of Elliott Management, the hedge fund...
View ArticleHIMSS AsiaPac 18 - Interoperability and security as top concerns of military...
Setting the context regarding military health systems for the broad audience who may not have direct experience with them or understand how they work, Dr Charles Alessi, Chief Clinical Officer, HIMSS,...
View ArticleWhat are the top health IT priorities in Europe? Not so different from the U.S.
Hospital IT executives in Europe share many of the same priorities and face many similar challenges as CIOs in other regions of the globe, including the United States, according to the HIMSS Analytics...
View ArticleCommonWell rolls out Carequality interoperability connection nationwide
CommonWell Health Alliance has made Carequality Framework connectivity generally available to its members, which will "break down yet another barrier to interoperability," said CommonWell executive...
View ArticleAre EMRs alleviating preventable medical errors yet?
Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)In the decade-and-a-half since the startling “To Err is Human” report, it’s still hard to discern whether billions invested in electronic medical records are...
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