Providers would be wise to improve their EMR system response time and reliability, as these two measures critically influence clinician satisfaction. These improvements are acutely needed amid healthcare’s workforce shortage — burnout and EMR dissatisfaction are key factors associated with clinicians' likelihood to resign.
Healthcare IT research company KLAS published its 2022 annual Best in KLAS report where it ranked IT companies in healthcare in a variety of categories. Epic scored the highest in the most categories.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Though the total number of unique apps that integrate with major EHRs, like Epic and Cerner, increased from 600 at the end of 2019 to 734 in December 2020, growth in the number of apps that support the FHIR data exchange standard was stagnant.
Meditech continues to hold the largest EMR market share in Canada, but it is losing customers — mostly to Epic, which has seen a rapid rise in popularity, a new KLAS report shows. The report delves into market share data and customer satisfaction insights to assess EMR vendors' positions in the Canadian market.
The health IT company filed a lawsuit against telemedicine startup CarePortMD as it looks to sell its similarly named post-acute care subsidiary.
Strata Decision Technology, a Chicago-based company that makes decision support software, will acquire Allscripts subsidiary EPSi for $365 million.
3D medical animation services have emerged as a groundbreaking tool in the healthcare industry, revolutionizing the way medical concepts are taught, understood, and marketed.
Practice Fusion will pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations that it received kickbacks from an unnamed pharmaceutical company in exchange for building a clinical decision support system that could influence opioid prescriptions. The system generated more than 230 million alerts between 2016 and 2019, according to court documents.
The U.S. Department of Justice was investigating Practice Fusion over allegations it violated HIPAA and anti-kickback laws and wrongfully obtained certification for its software from the HHS.
According to the company's prospectus, Phreesia's platform facilitated more than 54 million patient visits for approximately 50,000 individual providers and processed more than $1.4 billion in payments over the course of FY 2019.
The startup built a cloud-based platform that helps speed up the administrative tasks like electronic prior-authorization and REMS documentation associated with prescribing speciality medication.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Mountain View, California-based Livongo Health, founded in 2014 by former Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman, has raised around $240 million in venture funding.
As part of a transaction expected to close this month, private equity firms GI Partners and TA Associates have bought Allscripts' stake in Netsmart.
The new offerings are part of the company's evolution to what it calls Applied Health Signals, a shorthand to describe their platform's combination of data science and contextually relevant behavior change tools.
On a conference call detailing the company's first-quarter earnings this year, Allscripts President Richard Poulton said the HealthGrid acquisition is intended to enhance the company's patient engagement services with the larger goal of supporting value-based care
"The main reason we're doing this is for our clients and where we see their needs going," CarePort Health cofounder and CEO Lissy Hu said in an interview.