RWJBarnabas Health forges ahead with remote Epic implementation
Since the merger of Barnabas Health and the RWJ Health System in 2016, RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey’s largest health system, had been carefully planning for a migration from multiple electronic...
View ArticleUC Health creates unified data set to aid COVID-19 researchers
University of California Health has created a unified data set to help researchers develop COVID-19 treatments. According to a UC press statement, the University of California COVID Research Data Set,...
View ArticleWright Center codevelops a telehealth-EHR combo to expand care options
Oftentimes when people think about telemedicine, they envision a patient in a clinic with a technological setup they address, with physicians on the other end at another clinic far away doing the...
View ArticleYavapai Regional reduces opioid prescriptions by 6% with Cerner EHR-PDMP...
The healthcare industry is all too familiar with the opioid crisis, which is having a pervasive, devastating effect on the country. Prescott, Arizona, home of Yavapai Regional Medical Center, is no...
View ArticleWhen integrating EHR and telehealth, one size doesn't fit all
The explosion of telehealth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered, in turn, conversations about how to achieve seamless electronic health record integration. Some telehealth platforms...
View ArticleWhy AI fell short in slowing the spread of COVID-19
This spring, much of the healthcare industry hoped that artificial intelligence could be a key tool in stemming the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world.But the results weren't just...
View ArticleInteroperability and the Post COVID Healthcare “Digital Revolution”
Sponsor: DocuSignPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)InteroperabilityPrivacy & SecurityResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleCerner, Holon partner on decision support automation
Holon Solutions and Cerner on Thursday announced that they'll jointly deploy patented technology to automate delivery of patient data from Cerner’s EHR-agnostic HealtheIntent population to keep...
View ArticleHealthcare organizations turning to wide range of vendors in pandemic
A new KLAS report found that organizations have turned to a wide range of vendors – most frequently those providing telehealth technology – to help provide care amidst the COVID-19 pandemic."Most...
View ArticleCombating pandemics – A view across APAC
At the BIO Asia–Taiwan 2020 Online + Live conference organized by global Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the Taiwan Bio Industry Organization (Taiwan BIO), Dr Charles Alessi, Chief...
View ArticleONC releases updated recommendations for pediatric health IT
Children have specific and unique medical needs – and software supporting their care should be tailored to help address those needs. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 accelerates The Dudley Group’s roll-out of dbMotion
The Dudley Group NHS FT has accelerated the roll-out of an information sharing project to support its clinicians during the coronavirus outbreak.The trust is one of the first in the UK to adopt the...
View ArticleClinician burnout correlates with volume of EHR patient call messages
It's no secret that health IT-associated clinician burnout – especially where electronic health record usage is concerned – is widespread. But a new study seeks to identify which individual EHR...
View ArticleDirectTrust makes new secure IM standard available for testing
DirectTrust has made the draft of its new Trusted Instant Messaging+ standard available for testing. It bills TIM+ as the industry-first standard to enable real-time secure healthcare IMs by...
View ArticleUsing blockchain to address COVID-19 pandemic
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View ArticleReading Hospital extracts powerful results from SDOH tech/Epic EHR combo
Reading Hospital in Berks County, Pennsylvania, realized that addressing social determinants of health – conditions impacted by the places people live, learn, work and play that affect health outcomes...
View ArticleHow Much Should You Spend on EMR Software in 2020?
Sponsor: Software AdvicePrimary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)Resource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleOIG report: VA facing barriers to fully implementing HIE methods
The Office of Inspector General released a report this past week evaluating how Veterans Affairs facilities are using health information exchanges to share information and coordinate care.The report,...
View ArticlePew & MedStar urge focus on patient safety in EHR survey
As one of the provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT contracted with the Urban Institute to develop a reporting program collecting information...
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