EHRs

An American Medical Association-led study found that in terms of usability, physicians grade EHRs as an "F" rating and attribute them as a cause of burnout, according to a Nov. 14 report published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Banning, Calif.-based San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital announced on Nov. 14 that it will implement an Allscripts Sunrise EHR system.

Epic has added several third-party developed applications to its online marketplace over the past few months.

EHR vendor eClinicalWorks is partnering with health insurer Humana, Trusted Health Plan and GuideWell to support bidirectional interoperability between providers and payers, according to a Nov. 13 news release.

UST Global, a digital technology solutions company, announced Nov. 13 it is acquiring healthcare technology consulting and EHR optimization firm Contineo Health.

Cerner will lay off 131 U.S.-based employees as part of its effort to increase operating margins to 20 percent by the end of 2019, according to Kansas City Business Journal.

VisuWell, a cloud-based telehealth platform, joined Epic's App Orchard online marketplace Nov. 12.

CHI Memorial Hospital implemented an Epic EHR system to streamline clinical applications, billing and population health services across the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based health system, according to a Nov. 11 news release.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers are testing an EHR add-on that allows physicians to personalize the system and choose how information is grouped on screen.

Here are key insights from eight recent studies on EHRs: