VA puts out call for deputy CMOs to help guide EHR modernization
The Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization at the U.S. Department of Veterans is looking for a few good men or women to help ensure its landmark Cerner EHR implementation is rolled out with...
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Can EHRs’ contributions to physician burnout be cured? Mixing up training can...
Health systems invested in electronic health records to drive patient care improvements, increase efficiencies, reduce lengths of payment cycles and allow for prospective and retrospective reporting...
View ArticleBipartisan Policy Center seeks better integration of clinical, behavioral...
A new report this month from the Bipartisan Policy Center explores the reasons for – and remedies to – the fact that mental and behavioral health data are so poorly integrated with clinical information...
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AMIA, other groups join call to ease EHR burdens
Comments closed Jan. 28 on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC) draft recommendation to make electronic health records (EHRs) more user friendly with support over the...
View ArticlePutting IT to work to improve healthcare delivery
Primary topic: Best Hospital IT DepartmentsPrimary Topic: Electronic Health RecordsAdditional Topics: TechnologyEHRQuality & SafetyTechnologySpecific Terms: Electronic Health RecordsCustom Tags:...
View ArticleDHBs in New Zealand to develop national Electronic Oral Health Record
An implementation plan for a nationally consistent Electronic Oral Health Record (EOHR) will be presented to the country’s 20 district health board (DHB) chief executives by the middle of this...
View ArticleMeditech, Nuance team to add voice assistant to EHR
Meditech and Nuance announced that they are partnering to combine voice tech and electronic health records.Specifically, the companies will integrate Meditech’s Expanse EHR with Dragon’s Medical...
View ArticleRush University earns HIMSS Davies Award Of Excellence
Chicago's Rush University has been earned the HIMSS Davies Award Of Excellence for its work using health IT to treat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, more commonly known as PTSD.The...
View ArticleEpic takes Best in KLAS awards once again
For the ninth year in a row, Epic earned the top score for Overall Software Suite in the annual Best in KLAS 2019 Software & Services report.The Verona, Wisconsin-based health IT giant also scored...
View ArticleNew York HIEs merge to double down on data sharing
Two New York health information exchanges, HealthlinkNY and HealtheConnections, announced plans to merge. The deal follows a September announcement the two made, to accelerate their mutual goal to...
View ArticleIatric Systems buys Children's Hospital of Philadelphia spinoff Haystack...
Iatric Systems, which itself was acquired by Harris Healthcare this past summer, has announced that it is purchasing Haystack Informatics, whose behavioral analytics offerings aim to help providers...
View ArticleeMDs acquires Aprima, boosting outpatient EHR offerings
Electronic health record developer eMDs is acquiring Aprima Medical Software for an undisclosed sum. The addition of Aprima, which develops EHR, practice management and revenue cycle management...
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EHRs, pop health, predictive analytics, interoperability on Cerner’s HIMSS19...
With HIMSS19 just days away, EHR giant Cerner has a lot on its mind. And its executives at the global health IT conclave are going to be focused on a variety of trends affecting EHRs and much...
View ArticleGlobal Alliance for Genomics and Health picks 7 data initiatives for 2019
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health has chosen seven genomic data initiatives from around the world as new Driver Projects for 2019 – projects where researches will work together develop and...
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Medicomp Systems to debut new value-based care tech at HIMSS19
At HIMSS19, Medicomp Systems will be debuting a new module in its Quippe Clinical Solution suite that focuses on maximizing Medicare Advantage reimbursement with automated risk adjustment factor...
View ArticleInsult to Injury: The Provider Productivity Drain During an EHR Migration
Provider productivity can make or break a healthcare organization. And for good reason: as noted in studies published in the Annals of Family Medicine and Annals of Internal Medicine, physicians spend...
View ArticleMedStar launches EHR usability campaign, with videos showing UX, workflow...
Effective software depends on user feedback, with developers rely on a culture of open communication to learn more about bugs and usability issues. That goes electronic health records too, and MedStar...
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2019 Buyer's Guide for Electronic Medical Records Software
Sponsor: Software AdvicePrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Resource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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2019 Pricing Guide for Electronic Medical Records Software
Sponsor: Software AdvicePrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: ClinicalElectronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Resource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleKLAS: Small practices want more usable EHRs, not more bells and whistles
As the industry moves beyond mere EHR adoption and meaningful use, small practices of 10 physicians or fewer told researchers that they want their EMRs to do more than just meet regulatory...
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