EHRs

A smoking cessation tool built into an EHR was associated with a decrease in self-reported smoking rates among cancer patients, a recent study in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network found.

Here are nine notes on Epic and the EHR market:

Oakland, Md.-based Garrett Regional Medical Center will receive $650,000 in federal funding to purchase an Epic EHR system. 

Health system employees often become patients of the healthcare entity, creating blurred lines for a health system regarding if and when it can access employees' medical records. 

Healthcare providers across the U.S. are leveraging technology to better care for patients and tackle population health issues.

One of the nation's largest private neurology clinics is contracting with a leading electronic health record vendor.

In recent years, healthcare organizations have tackled the massive lift of digitizing health data. Yet, the shift to EHRs has inadvertently created new usability problems and interoperability continues to be an enormous challenge.

The global health IT sector is expected to more than double in value by 2028, according to a May 16 study by Brandessence Market Research & Consulting.

Physicians who own their practices are more satisfied with their electronic health records than physicians who don’t, an April 21 investigation in JAMA Network Open found.

Following a law signed last year by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Health and Human Services Agency has started creating a health data exchange network that will give providers across the state real-time access to patient medical records, family physician…