EHRs
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Roger Baker, a former assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology, shared six reasons why he thinks the VA's $16 billion Cerner EHR rollout is rocky, according to a July 26 article published by Federal Computer Week.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic teamed up with artificial intelligence firm Nference to analyze 1.1 million clinical notes and find the connection between preexisting conditions and the severity of COVID-19 symptoms, according to a July 27 report published in NPJ Digital…
Verona, Wis.-based EHR giant Epic gives financial incentives to hospitals and health systems that use its artificial intelligence algorithms, which can provide false predictions, according to a July 26 STAT News investigation.
Penn Medicine is launching a new health informatics center this fall that will focus on health data projects across the Philadelphia-based health system's innovation and information services departments, the health system said July 26.
Patients may have gained access to their EHR notes, but that doesn't mean they have an easy time understanding what those notes mean, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
The Department of Veterans Affairs's Cerner EHR pause will last until the end of 2021, Federal News Network reported July 21.
A Georgia law firm penned a letter to ONC July 20 urging the agency to investigate alleged information blocking occurring within Doctors Hospital of Augusta's Meditech EHR system, Law.com reported.
New Orleans, La.-based Ochsner Health is adding a new pharmacogenomics decision support tool within its Epic EHR system to let clinicians compare prescription orders with patients' genetic profiles in real time.
Ninety-six percent of physicians believe efforts to support broader access to clinical data will improve patient safety, which could help save lives, according to a recent Google Cloud survey.
Cerner's leadership team has undergone several changes this year, with four executive departures reported in July.