EHRs

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.

Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health on Feb. 26 launched an interactive tool within its EHR system that can automatically calculate a patient's risk of having a heart attack or stroke.

Implementing a new EHR can generate big time costs for hospitals and health systems, with some spending hundreds of millions to even more than a billion dollars on rollouts.

The American Medical Association on Feb. 25 announced the release of a new online resource to help physician practices navigate legal and operational challenges associated with providing patients access to their digital health information.

Allscripts on Feb. 25 announced the release of a new version of its web-based TouchWorks EHR for large ambulatory practices.

Atlanta-based Grady Health System researchers analyzed whether providers' IV fluid prescribing habits changed after EHR alerts were implemented, according to a Feb. 22 study published in the American Journal of Health System Pharmacy.

Boston Medical Center's EHR-based screening tool for patients' social determinants of health needs identified only a fraction of patients who were at risk of having their utilities shut off, according to a Feb. 24 news release.

CMS and ONC on Feb. 21 released a report with strategic plan recommendations to combat regulatory and administrative burden associated with the use of health IT, including EHRs.

Regulatory reporting requirements and usability issues associated with EHRs can cause stress for physicians. While some can adapt to the technology, others, including Edward Volpintesta, MD, have not.

Following the delay of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Cerner EHR go-live, a Senate committee passed a bill last week that requires the agency to be more transparent about the status of its multimillion-dollar IT projects, according to a Feb.…