After leaving more than 300 patients without access to their medical records, two closed Arizona hospitals were ordered by a judge to temporarily reactivate their record systems and allow patient access, according to the Miami Herald.
EHRs / Interoperability
Allscripts, Cerner and Meditech brought in significant earnings last year.
Allscripts released earnings results for its 2018 fiscal year on Feb. 21, posting a 17 percent rise in revenue.
EMDs, a provider of integrated EHR products, practice management software, revenue cycle management solutions and credentialing services, acquired Aprima Medical Software.
Australia's Department of Health reported nearly 300,000 Australians have removed their records from the country's new national EHR, according to ZDNet.
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Harris Computer Systems acquired Collain Healthcare, an EHR and virtual care vendor for the long-term and post-acute care market.
A dispute between the creditors of two bankrupt hospitals — Florence (Ariz.) Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert (Ariz.) Hospital — has prevented more than 300 patients from accessing their medical records, according to a report from The Arizona Republic.
Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center renewed its contract with TransformativeMed, a digital solutions developer that embeds specialized clinical workflows into Cerner's EHR.
Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) designed a process using its Epic EHR that helps clinicians and case managers identify common delays that providers encounter when discharging patients.
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health partnered with software company Citrix to improve its physicians' access to the EHR.