EHRs

A group of patients whose medical records were inappropriately accessed by a former Mayo Clinic employee are moving to file a class-action lawsuit against the Rochester, Minn.-based health system for failing to safeguard their data, the Star Tribune reports. 

Cerner, one of the largest EHR vendors, is led by a collection of tech industry veterans and past healthcare executives.  

The cloud is driving healthcare organizations to rethink hosting options for their EHR systems, ranging from public and private clouds to vendor-hosted solutions. To better understand the evolving cloud-based EHR landscape, Becker’s Hospital Review, in conjunction with Hewett Packard Enterprise…

Pediatricians on average spend about 16 minutes using the EHR for each outpatient encounter, according to a study published this month in the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 

Forbes Chair Steve Forbes interviewed Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner for his podcast titled "What's Ahead."

Here are 11 healthcare organizations that announced plans to implement a new EHR or deployed a new system in October. 

The Mississippi State Medical Association on Nov. 4 established an electronic health information exchange for providers to share patient records across the state.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

Allscripts, Cerner and Meditech all reported third-quarter 2020 revenue dips linked to the pandemic in recent financial reports. Here's how the three EHR vendors fared:

Meditech posted $114.7 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2020, down 5.3 percent from $121.2 million during the same time last year.