SA Health performs major upgrades to its EMR system following review
SA Health, the public health agency of South Australia, has made improvements to its troubled electronic medical record (EMR) system, in an attempt to lay the foundation for progressive implementation...
View Article3 keys to liberating patient data
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View ArticleHIMSS writes new definition of interoperability
HIMSS has crafted a new definition for interoperability and is seeking public feedback on it.HIMSS, the owner of Healthcare IT News, described the new concept as one specifically fit for the larger...
View ArticleStandardizing data in EHRs could improve patient matching, study says
The standardization of demographic data like home addresses or last names could boost patient matching accuracy, according to a new report.WHY IT MATTERSThe study, recently published the Journal of the...
View ArticleGetting clinicians on board with latest healthcare tech
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View ArticleSponsored: Delivering insights to physicians at just the right time, place...
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View ArticleSenate hearing digs into interoperability, information blocking rules
On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions weighed the opportunities and challenges ahead as the interoperability provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act...
View ArticleEmblemHealth works with physician group to deploy HealthReveal clinical AI...
EmblemHealth and its partner AdvantageCare Physicians in New York announced that they are integrating a clinical artificial intelligence tool made by startup HealthReveal into ACPNY’s Epic electronic...
View ArticleBlockchain-enabled EHR is giving refugees access to healthcare
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Nebraska Medicine links voice technology to Epic EHR, boosts physician...
Nebraska Medicine operates two hospitals with more than 1,000 physicians, 809 licensed hospital beds and 40 specialty and primary care clinics in and around Omaha, Nebraska.THE PROBLEMThe health system...
View ArticleBeyond the exam room: How data privacy builds patient trust
The provider-patient trust relationship is the cornerstone of any healthcare practice. But it doesn’t stop there.Patients entrust their lives and their intensely personal information not only to their...
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Interoperability: 3 charts take the pulse of health data sharing today
Interoperability is at an intriguing intersection right now.In one corner are the people suggesting that despite some $35 billion and 10 years of work since the HITECH Act under the American Recovery...
View ArticleEpic's April Fools' prank has company buying Fitbit, hiring Jim Cramer and...
Epic for the past several years has used April 1 to have some fun with pranks, and the electronic health record vendor is at it again for 2019.This year, the company's homepage features pieces titled...
View ArticleNurses generally satisfied with EHRs, but key pain points persist
A new report from KLAS and the Arch Collaborative finds that nearly three times as many nurses are satisfied with their electronic health record experience as those who are frustrated. Those findings...
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Cerner EHR alert helps Missouri provider reduce blood transfusion rate, save...
Blood transfusion can be lifesaving, but it is not widely known that up to 40-50 percent of blood transfusions in the U.S. are unnecessary, according to the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and...
View ArticleBringing together data to deliver effective care
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View ArticleProvidence St. Joseph boosts physician, patient satisfaction with Epic...
Providence St. Joseph Health in Renton, Washington, operates 51 hospitals across seven states – Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Washington, California, New Mexico and Texas. It has more than 119,000...
View ArticleONC chief Don Rucker on the current state and 'next frontier' of...
Healthcare has been striving for the Holy Grail of sweeping, seamless, semantic interoperability for a very long time. Progress has been achieved over the past decade, but it's been in fits and starts,...
View ArticleUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust goes live with Epic
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system designed and built with Epic, in what has been described by chief executive...
View ArticleEmpowering patients to be more involved in managing their own care
Could you tell us about more about your roles as Director at Great North Care Record and Digital Clinical Champion at the NHS in England?I am a clinician with a background in nursing with 12 years...
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