EHRs

While physicians and nurses may have a history of not always seeing eye to eye, both professions share a common issue central to their workflows: burnout associated with EHRs, according to a Dec. 31 New York Times op-ed.  

EHR vendors Allscripts and Athenahealth made acquisitions, partnerships and strategic changes in 2019 to lay the foundation for 2020.

Epic and Cerner are the two largest EHR companies for hospitals and health systems across the country.

A new digital service from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs allows patients receiving VA care for non-service-related conditions to view, download and print their billing statements online.

EHR software vendors and healthcare providers have consistently overstated the abilities of their medical records software in order to receive undeserved millions in government subsidies, according to an investigation by Fortune and Kaiser Health News.

Here are key insights from six recent studies on EHRs:

Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner instituted various changes over the past year, including its shift from an EHR-centric focus to platforms.

Verona, Wis.-based Epic continued to draw attention from the healthcare industry this year.

Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health and Albertina Kerr, a nonprofit that provides 24-hour residential care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, partnered with Epic to address patients' social determinants of health needs, according to a Dec. 19 Portland Business Journal report.

Epic will release new software in February that aims to advance prevention efforts of intensive care unit delirium, according to a Dec. 20 news release.