EHRs

Phynd, a healthcare provider information management platform, joined Epic's App Orchard online marketplace.

Here are four digital alerts and tools that hospitals and health systems have recently developed or integrated with their EHR systems.

Department of Veterans Affairs announced this week that it will push back its Cerner EHR rollout in the Pacific Northwest, according to Politco's Morning eHealth Sept. 27 newsletter.

Stanford (Calif.) Medicine researchers created an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to sift through EHR data for implantable medical device surveillance, according to the medical school's blog post.

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn., will transition to an Epic EHR system Oct. 1.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers will study EHR data from around 2.8 million patients as part of a research project on care coordination patterns.

The New York EHealth Collaborative, which works with the state's health department to oversee health information exchange integration, published a request for information for vendors that can provide patient-facing software to aggregate medical records and support patient-provider messaging.

Healthcare organizations using Cerner's EHR and revenue cycle software are turning to other consulting firms for implementation and advisory services, according to a recent KLAS report.

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.

Defense Health Agency posted a request for information Sept. 23 for information technology vendors that can provide the entire agency with IT support, NextGov reports.