EHRs

An EHR log analysis showed that clinicians engage with unsolicited genetic test results only 1 percent of the time, suggesting that most clinicians don't use genetic data in medical decision-making, a March 1 report published in JAMA Network Open found.

Machine learning could use real-time predictive models to assess suicide attempt risk in nonpsychiatric settings in a large clinical system, according to a March 12 study published in JAMA Network Open.

Simulation-based training exercises would decrease varied and nonstandard approaches to using EHRs among medical residents, according to a March 9 study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Excessive documentation requirements for EHRs commonly contribute to clinician burnout. Enhancing the existing functions of EHRs may be better than transitioning to newly developed programs in the future, according to a March study published in the Journal of Medical Internet…

Newport (Wash.) Hospital and Health Services is set to go live on a new shared Epic EHR system March 13, Bonner County Daily Bee reports.

HHS' new interoperability rules will go into effect April 5, but health IT departments at hospitals across the nation are unsure how smoothly their compliance processes will go.

Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System recently formed a new 10-year agreement with Cerner to expand its digital engagement toolset within the EHR.

Black Book Research released its 2021 rankings of EHR and revenue cycle management software vendors. 

There are limitations to applying artificial intelligence to medical databases, suggesting that EHR data collection will need to be improved for AI to make a difference in predicting mortality, a March 10 study published in JAMA Cardiology found.

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.