EHRs

Seattle-based University of Washington researchers used the "model to data" approach, which allows machine-learning research on private biomedical data, to create predictive analytics models without having direct access to patient EHRs.

Allscripts on July 13 announced a five-year extension of its alliance with Microsoft, designating the tech giant as its new cloud provider.

The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a request for information on July 8 in search of a robotic process automation solution to digitize its backlog of about 600,000 medical records into its new EHR system. 

Patient demographics and severity of their disease are two factors that appear to impact incompleteness and duplication of problem lists in EHRs, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine.

The Department of Veterans Affairs launched a new interoperability system that allows providers to access longitudinal patient records in a single platform for a more comprehensive view of the patient's health history. 

SSM Health will merge its EHR with documentation systems that local EMS agencies use to share patient data more quickly both inside and outside of the health system's facilities in Wisconsin.

HHS published its final health IT interoperability rules in the Federal Register, both taking effect June 30.

San Antonio-based University Health System decided to move forward with its Epic EHR implementation after a two-month delay, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

Tejal Vakharia on June 22 became Allscripts' senior vice president and general counsel.

Over the past three months, Verona, Wis.-based Epic CEO Judy Faulkner's net worth has been up and down, according to a Citizen Action of Wisconsin report.