EHRs

Adding clinical decision support tools to the EHR can help improve interventions efficiency and metrics tracking required by antimicrobial stewardship standards, according to a report published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

More than one-third (39 percent) of outpatient providers are considering replacing various technology solutions within the next year and a half, according to a Reaction Data report.

CPSI, a health information technology company, will purchase remote patient care planning and management platform Get Real Health for $11 million.

Atchison (Kan.) Hospital debuted Meditech's Expanse EHR April 1.

Challenges to EHR usability can pose medication safety risks, such as incorrect prescriptions, overdoses and treatment delays, which can leave pediatric patients particularly vulnerable, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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

Watertown, Mass.-based health IT software company athenahealth will lay off nearly 4 percent of its global workforce, Boston Herald reports.

Healthcare organizations around the world have collectively invested billions in EHRs. Further investment is almost certain as the technology's documented ability to improve outcomes can help support more efficient, safer care models essential to the success of value-based care. The…

The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its My Life, My Story program, which aims to help veterans connect their personal stories with VA healthcare providers through the EHR, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced legislation April 16 that calls for the creation of a third-party committee to oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs' Cerner EHR installation.