EHRs

Noblesville, Ind.-based Riverview Health’s plan to upgrade its EHR system led to a broader management agreement with Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health, leaders from both organizations told The Hamilton County Reporter in a Dec. 4 story. Riverview is set to…

CMS relief funding for healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack was inconsistently distributed, a new study found. Here are five things to know from the December Health Affairs paper analyzing 8,538 organizations that received advanced and accelerated…

Patients are increasingly uploading test results, medical images and physicians’ notes to ChatGPT for faster responses and second opinions, The New York Times reported. But healthcare experts warn about inaccurate answers and privacy concerns when people feed their electronic medical…

Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health is implementing ambient listening for clinical documentation from healthcare AI company Abridge. The $425 million rural health system began piloting the technology Dec. 2, integrating the ambient AI into its Epic EHR. Feedback from this…

Improving the EHR experience is emerging as a critical strategy for reducing clinician turnover, according to KLAS Research‘s Dec. 3 “Clinician Turnover 2025” report. The report analyzes data from the Arch Collaborative, including survey responses from physicians and nurses at…

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital employees continue to deal with problems with the agency’s new Oracle Health EHR ahead of a big expansion of the system, The Washington Post reported Dec 3. The VA put the EHR rollout on…

Patients of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente are increasingly opting for e-visits, a JAMA Network Open analysis found. Here are six key takeaways from the study of the asynchronous message-based visits, according to a Dec. 2 health system news release: 1.…

Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital is looking for a health system partner, with a recent cyberattack contributing to its financial challenges, Lookout Santa Cruz (Calif.) reported. The 106-bed hospital has been talking to organizations including Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter…

Reserving daily time for EHR work only slightly decreases physician productivity, suggesting that alleviating clinician burnout in this fashion may not compromise revenue, a Dec. 2 JAMA Network Open study found. Here are five things to know from the research…

The HHS Office for Civil Rights is soliciting questions for a video the department is producing about a HIPAA rule. The prerecorded video will review the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule’s risk management implementation specification. Nicholas Heesters, senior advisor…