EHRs

The American Medical Association (AMA) reports that physicians are spending up to six hours a day working with their electronic health record (EHR) to comply with documentation mandates. This is contributing to record-high levels of physician burnout and dissatisfaction with…

Meditech is developing a new feature for its home care software in response to CMS' new Patient-Driven Groupings Model, which supports value-based reimbursement for home health agencies.

EHRs have helped improve several inefficiencies associated with paper documentation; however, there is still much room for advancement in terms of the EHR revolution, according to Providence St. Joseph Health Chief Clinical Officer Amy Compton Phillips, MD.

Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health will roll out a Cerner EHR at four more of its hospitals in September, according to SC Now. 

Tewksbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health reported $60.9 million in operating losses after implementing its new $83 million Epic EHR last year, Boston Business Journal reports. 

Winston Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health migrated its Epic EHR system to a cloud platform from Virtustream, a Dell Technologies health IT business.

In an effort to move forward on EHR interoperability efforts between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense, members of the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed amendments to the agencies' joint management initiatives, Washington Technology reports.

It can be difficult to effectively document sensitive health information of pediatric patients and older adults whose family members have access to their patient portals without violating the patient's privacy, according to a viewpoint article in AAP News and Journals.

Healthcare IT provider Medsphere Systems Corp. has added artificial intelligence capabilities to its CareVue EHR platform.

Sixty-nine percent of hospital executives consider enhancing the healthcare consumer experience as the first or second most important strategic priority their organization has for this year, according to a recent survey.