CMS launched an interoperability pledge program in July to spur information-sharing efforts. But how does it differ from TEFCA, aka the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement? Steven Posnack, principal deputy assistant secretary for technology policy at HHS, addressed that…
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Nearly 8 in 10 acute care nurses say they lose time each week to unproductive charting, and those facing the heaviest documentation burdens are significantly more likely to experience burnout and consider leaving their jobs, according to a Dec. 16…
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is urging 10 of the largest electronic health record vendors to give patients more control over who can access their health information. The move follows multiple warnings from the Department of Defense’s inspector general about potential…
Trinity Health, a 92 hospital system headquartered in Livonia, Mich., is nearing completion of its $800 million EHR rollout and expects to be the largest single‑instance Epic user in the country next year, according to CEO Mike Slubowski. Mr. Slubowski…
Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics in Trinidad, Colo., is moving to an Oracle Health EHR system. The 25-bed critical access hospital will implement the Oracle Health Foundation EHR along with the company’s Clinical AI Agent, a voice-driven tool that…
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has not fully implemented most recommendations from the Government Accountability Office related to its EHR modernization program, GAO officials told Congress. Carol Harris, GAO’s director of information technology and cybersecurity, presented the findings during testimony…
Oracle’s new world headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., will cost $4.5 billion, the Nashville Business Journal reported. The price tag for the 80-acre project with 2.7 million square feet of building space was previously estimated to be $1.2 billion and $2…
EHRs need to be interoperable, secure and automated for healthcare to thrive, according to Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences. Here are five EHR notes from her Dec. 9 blog post on…
Seventeen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software connected to a federally backed health information network in November. The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in November, an Epic spokesperson told Becker’s. TEFCA, a government-led initiative launched…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Dec. 10 against EHR vendor Epic, accusing the company of monopolizing the EHR market and engaging in deceptive practices that restrict parents’ access to their minor children’s medical records. The lawsuit claims…