EHRs

Paul Wilder joined CommonWell Health Alliance as executive director of the nonprofit trade association, according to a Dec. 10 news release.

Athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass.-based EHR vendor, announced on Dec. 10 that it developed an interactive flu dashboard that tracks the spread of the illness across the U.S.

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health installed new secure team coordination technology to meet Florida's new provider and patient communication and documentation regulations, according to a Dec. 11 news release.

Epic approved PatientTrak's patient experience software application, which allows providers to text message patients through the EHR, for its App Orchard, according to a Dec. 10 news release.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is directly integrating with Amazon Pharmacy's PillPack so its members who take multiple medications can better manage their prescriptions digitally, the insurer said Dec. 10.

Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb., recently deployed an Epic EHR system, according to a Dec. 9 news release. 

New York City-based Wyckoff Heights Medical Center announced on Dec. 10 that it is now live on Allscripts' Sunrise EHR.

To boost patient engagement with their medical records, Imperial College London researchers built an EHR interface based on patient suggestions, according to a Dec. 3 study published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

Intelliguard developed an interface to integrate its wireless medication management tracking technology with Epic, according to a Dec. 9 news release.

A little more than two years has passed since the death of Cerner's co-founder and former CEO Neal Patterson; since then, the Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR vendor's C-level executive team has undergone various personnel changes.