EHRs

Lack of awareness and the digital divide have been noted as leading factors that keep patients from reviewing their clinical notes, according to an April 7 Journal of the American Medical Association article.

Black patients are more likely than white patients to find language in their clinician notes that indicates they are not believed by their physicians, according to a recent Johns Hopkins University study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. 

Epic and Group Health Cooperative have teamed up to open a drive-thru vaccine clinic in Madison, Wis., this week, according to an April 7 article published by WKOW-27.

As founder and CEO of Epic, Judy Faulkner has led the multibillion-dollar EHR giant to dominate the market space. 

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

Hospital medicine and family medicine physicians are among the highest percentage of specialties that agree their IT vendor has developed a high quality EHR system, according to a recent KLAS Research and Arch Collaborative report.

The EHR's ability to support quality care and how well the organization has implemented their records system are two of the main drivers for both inpatient and ambulatory physicians' satisfaction with their EHR vendors, according to a recent KLAS Research…

Judy Faulkner, founder and CEO of Epic, rose among the ranks of those on the Forbes' annual list of "The World's Billionaires" for 2021. 

While there is substantial variation in time spent on the EHR based on physician specialty, physicians practicing gastroenterology and internal medicine are most active in the electronic systems, according to an April 5 study published in the Journal of American…

There appears to be a significant gender difference in EHR use, with female physicians spending about 30 minutes more per day on EHRs compared to their male counterparts, according to a study published April 5 in the Journal of the American…