EHRs

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.

Replacing an EHR alert with a visual aid can help decrease unintentional duplicate laboratory and radiology tests ordered by clinicians, according to a Dec. 2 study published in JAMA Network.

In recent years, hospitals and health systems have made significant investments in EHRs. However, both clinicians and business leaders have discovered that EHRs can't do it all. Integration with other technology is essential to creating a comprehensive healthcare IT ecosystem.

Allscripts announced on Dec. 5 the pricing for its $200 million convertible senior notes offering, which the Chicago-based EHR vendor unveiled earlier this week.

ONC's EHR reporting program will create more transparency around the usability and safety of EHRs by providing data from developers and end users on different vendor systems' performances, according to a Dec. 4 Pew Charitable Trusts report.

Cerner is teaming up with Cybereason, a cyber defense platform developer, to help healthcare providers address cybersecurity vulnerabilities and digital threats to their organizations, according to a Dec. 4 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.