Proponents of new federal rules allowing providers to share medical records to third-party apps say they will empower patients to take control of their healthcare — but groups such as the American Medical Association and American Hospital Association are not convinced.

Allscripts announced its partnership this month with Apple Health Records, extending the service to its Sunrise, TouchWorks and Professional EHR clients.

More than a dozen Alaska hospitals implemented a digital platform from software company Collective Medical that allows them to view and share a patient's medical history upon their arrival at an emergency department, Alaska Journal of Commerce reports.

Philadelphia's nonprofit health information exchange HealthShare Exchange is extending its data sharing services to more healthcare providers in New Jersey.

Physicians who identify as male or female experience different levels of EHR-related stress, satisfaction and usability, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

At Epic's User Group annual meeting Aug. 27, CEO Judy Faulkner and other executives revealed several initiatives and products the EHR vendor is focusing on to support evidence-based patient care research and enhanced clinical workflows, Wisconsin State Journal reports.

Cerner and the St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council, a labor union in St. Louis, opened the Carpenters Wellness Center Aug. 28.

Thirteen hospitals and health systems have implemented or announced plans to deploy Meditech EHR software this year.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

American Well launched its new telehealth patient app, which integrates with Epic EHRs to make virtual appointments available directly within the EHR vendor's MyChart patient portal.

A total of 216 EHR-related medical malpractice claims closed between 2010 and 2018, according to a recent Doctors Company study.

Epic Systems CEO and co-founder Judy Faulkner reflected on the company's growth as well as her influence as a programmer during her keynote speech at the company's User Group annual meeting Aug. 27, according to The Cap Times.

Augusta-based MaineGeneral Health is expanding its contract with EHR vendor Allscripts through 2027.

Thomas Benzoni, DO, an emergency medicine physician, is among the providers who struggle to work with EHRs, according to Medscape.

Department of Veterans Affairs' March 2020 Cerner EHR go live is expected to be partially or fully delayed until October, according to Politico's Morning eHealth newsletter.

Twelve hospitals and health systems have implemented or announced plans to implement Cerner EHR or revenue cycle software this year.

Five years after the Department of Veterans Affairs began the process of digitizing medical records from non-VA providers, the backlog of documents to be entered numbers nearly 600,000, according to an audit  by the VA Office of Inspector General.

Apple Health Records is now available to Allscripts Sunrise, TouchWorks and Professional EHR clients and their patients, according to an Aug. 22 news release. 

Laramie, Wyo.-based Ivinson Memorial Health will launch an Epic EHR system Aug. 24, according to Laramie Boomerang. 

The imminent closure of Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital has patients and family members struggling to obtain copies of medical records, birth records and death records, according to local radio station KYW.