EHRs

Van Nuys, Calif.-based Valley Presbyterian Hospital implemented CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality's EHR data sharing program, according to a Jan. 28 news release.

Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital deployed a new Cerner EHR across its Manistique, Mich.-based network on Jan. 27.

Alton (Ill.) Memorial Hospital launched new dining software within its Epic EHR system this month to help monitor and manage patients' nutritional health, according to a Jan. 24 Telegraph report.

Epic published a statement to its website on Jan. 27 to clarify the company's stance on HHS' proposed interoperability rule.

Epic's recent stance against HHS' proposed data sharing rule threatens "the fundamental need for interoperability" in healthcare, according to Kenneth Mandl, MD, and Isaac Kohane, MD.

Microsoft Healthcare Corporate Vice President Peter Lee expressed his support for the proposed interoperability rule, according to CNBC.

In fall 2019, Northwell Health and Allscripts combined forces to create the next-generation EHR. The cloud-based, voice-enabled and AI-powered EHR will be designed based on input from Northwell clinicians, IT experts and administrators alongside Allscripts' development and systems integration expertise.

Among patients offered online access to their health records, about 70 percent who have recently been diagnosed with cancer viewed their record at least once in the past year, according to ONC data.

Epic may hit HHS with a lawsuit depending on the data sharing stipulations the agency includes in its final version of proposed interoperability rules, according to Politico's Morning eHealth Jan. 23 newsletter.

Amanda Adkins, vice president of strategic growth at Cerner, is taking a leave of absence from the Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR company as she campaigns for a seat in Congress, according to a Jan. 23 McClatchy report.