EHRs

National women's health network Unified Physician Management partnered with Suki, an artificial intelligence, voice-enabled digital assistant for physicians that integrates with the EHR.

Differences between when and how physicians document information in the EHR may lead to inefficiencies such as documenting too much or too little of the patient's information, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

The Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense will form a joint office to lead implementation of the agencies' Cerner-based EHRs as well as interoperability between the systems, Federal Times reports.

Hawaii Health Information Exchange is developing a community master patient index to increase providers' and patients' access to patients' most up-to-date health information, Pacific Business News reports.

Westwood, Mass.-based Lawrence General Hospital recently deployed a Meditech Expanse EHR.

The most common reason physicians don't share patient data within their hospital or health system is because there is a lack of access to data sharing systems, according to a Philips survey.

The New Jersey Innovation Institute received a $6 million grant from two state agencies to help lead New Jersey's EHR interoperability program that aims to decrease opioid overprescribing.

Honolulu-based Queen's Medical Center will launch the Hawaii Health Information Exchange application to expand clinicians' access to patients' medical data documented by other providers, Pacific Business News reports.

Eighty-two percent of patients who have access to their EHRs said they have greater personal experiences with healthcare they have received, according to a Philips report.

Electronic health records provider Epic and health insurer Humana have teamed up to improve patient and provider communication as well as access to health information.