EHRs / Interoperability

Rather than making a multimillion-dollar investment to deploy a new EHR, Woman's Hospital is seeking potential health system partners that instead would let the Baton Rouge, La.-based hospital connect to their Epic system, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business…

Meditech appointed Michelle O’Connor as its new president and CEO, the EHR company said July 13.

Insufficient training at the Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center hampered the Cerner EHR rollout, according to a July 8 report by the Office of Inspector General.

Family medicine clinicians appear to spend the most time in the EHR each day doing clinical reviews, recording notes, responding to in-basket messages and putting in orders, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. 

David Bradshaw resigned from his post as senior vice president of consumer and employer solutions at Cerner, he said in a July 6 LinkedIn post. 

HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT unveiled new updates July 9 to diversify and account more for social determinants of health in the U.S. health data interoperability standards. 

The price tag of the Department of Veteran Affairs's Cerner EHR rollout could go up another $2.5 billion, according to a July 7 report by the Office of the Inspector General.

Demetrius Cervantes, 46, has pleaded guilty for his part in stealing protected health information from an EHR, according to a July 8 Justice Department news release.

The Government Accountability Office gave testimony before the House of Representatives and several veteran affairs committees on EHR modernization and cybersecurity issues that should be addressed by the Department of Veteran Affairs, according to a July 1 GAO report.

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