EHRs

Health iPass, a medical billing service, joined Epic's App Orchard online marketplace, according to a Nov. 6 news release.

New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System joined Department of Veterans Affairs health information exchange program to streamline the sharing of patients' medical records between the two organizations, according to a Nov. 8 Taunton Daily Gazette report.

Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services will integrate Great Lakes Health Connect, a Michigan-based health information exchange by the end of the year, according to a Nov. 7 news release.

Watertown, Mass.-based Athenahealth unveiled various strategy-related initiatives during October, including the launch of customer success managers for its EHR products.

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Customizing an EHR can be a large endeavor for a hospital, so it is vital that everyone using the technology is onboard and involved in the process.

About 10 percent of discharged hospital patients who have online access to their health records actually view, download and transmit their health information, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.

Carrollton, Ga.-based Tanner Health System deployed an Epic EHR system on Nov. 3, according to a news release.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

Athenahealth added BirdEye's customer experience platform to its EHR marketplace program, according to a Nov. 6 news release.