EHRs / Interoperability

Meditech-as-a-Service, Meditech's private, cloud-based EHR solution, is now available for community-based health systems.

Lafayette (La.) General Health and Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette launched a pilot program to share EHR data between the two health systems, KLFY, a CBS affiliate, reports.

An EHR extension that determines when a patient may benefit from preventive therapy may be more effective than prescribing based solely on education, according to a study published in March in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Epic announced the appointment of Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money," as its new financial adviser in a statement published to its website April 1.

A parody account on Twitter highlighting physicians' frustrations with EMR systems has gained more than 10,000 followers since it launched last month, WBUR reports.

San Antonio-Texas-based University Health System will  invest $170 million to update its Epic EHR system, according to local newspaper Express News.

Depending on the EHR system physicians use, they can spend significant time clicking on their computer screen, 62 clicks specifically just to order Tylenol, according to Fox News.

Gag clauses in EHR vendor contracts, which prevent physicians and healthcare systems from disclosing system errors, could be eliminated in HHS' proposed interoperability rules, according to wbur.org.

The Department of Veterans Affairs secured a $155 million contract with Perspecta, an IT service company, to provide technical support for the department's EHR system.

Patients at Minneapolis-based Allina Health can now access their medical information through Apple's iPhone health records app.