It’s rare to find a clinician who raves about their organization’s EHR. A new KLAS report shed light on some of the key factors that contribute to clinicians' EHR dissatisfaction — including excessive alerts, downtime and inefficient training processes.
Two Congresspeople recently introduced a bill seeking to terminate the VA's Oracle Cerner EHR rollout. The legislation said that the project is too flawed and costly to carry on — the lawmakers called for VA facilities to revert back to the department’s internally developed EHR.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Amazon Web Services rolled out a new tool, called Amazon HealthLake, to help healthcare and life sciences companies manage their data. The goal is to make it easier for companies to search their data and perform analysis on it.
In November, healthcare providers will be required to promote interoperability and give patients access to their health information. Electronic health record systems must also be able to integrate with third-party software through standard APIs.
San Francisco-based software startup Innovaccer closed a $70 million funding round. The company, which is focused on building longitudinal patient records, also named former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush to its board of directors.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Dave Wichmann laid out the company's plan to launch "fully integrated and fully portable individual health record" on an earnings call last week.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
CloudWave migrated critical healthcare applications to the cloud for stronger disaster recovery and integrated access.
In a blog post, three individuals from UCSF's Center for Digital Health Innovation advocate for calling EHRs "connected health records," a term that is more focused on interoperability and allowing a patient's entire care team to interact and update information.
The finding comes from a Sage Growth Partners report, which also points out that between 60 and 75 percent of surveyed providers are looking for value-based care solutions outside their EHR.
In a phone interview, Dr. John Halamka, who recently co-authored a book on precision medicine, spoke about various aspects of the field and its future.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
SelectHub, a tech selection management company, surveyed 1,007 Americans and 107 healthcare professionals to gain insight into their thoughts on electronic health records.
In late June, the Electronic Heath Records Association held a health IT usability summit. Mandy Long, chair of the EHRA Clinician Experience Workgroup and vice president of corporate operations at Modernizing Medicine, shared a few highlights of the event.
Two major players in the cancer space are launching one of the largest-ever clinico-genomic databases, commercializing the electronic health records of 20,000 cancer patients
Everyone likes to gripe about EHRs, so what's the winning formula? Consultants, hospital executives, patients and even the CEO of a cloud-based EHR company weigh in.
While policymakers debate whether requiring 5 percent of patients to communicate with their healthcare providers through portals is too onerous, a small primary care practice run by a 65-year-old physician is showing that patient engagement is not only possible, it's profitable.