EHRs

While developing interoperable EHR systems between the Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense "carries risk," Cerner executive Travis Dalton said progress is being made on the project, according to Military.com.

Williamson (W.V.) Memorial Hospital will implement a Meditech EHR to unify its patients' medical records on a single system, Williamson Daily News reports.

Boston-based Atrius Health has installed widescreen monitors throughout its health system to improve physician satisfaction and slash the number of organization-wide EHR clicks by 50 million annually, according to a report by the American Medical Association.

One physician task Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has worked changed to eliminate burnout is the number of EHR clicks providers have to make, the American Medical Association reports.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality awarded a research grant to the University of Iowa College of Public Health for its study on communication methods within EHR networks.

The Pew Charitable Trusts penned a June 3 letter to ONC National Coordinator Donald Rucker, MD, asking the agency to incorporate a patient safety focus to its proposed interoperability rule.

Cerner launched its annual Code App Challenge, which aims to encourage third-party developers to design applications that can integrate with EHR systems to improve consumers' access and understanding of health information.

Small and midsize healthcare organizations rate Athenahealth and Meditech as the top performing emerging EHR systems among the market, according to a recent KLAS Research report.

Almost one third of ophthalmology patients' EHRs may not reflect the most accurate and current medication information, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Increasing administrative responsibilities and electronic paperwork are causing many physicians to experience burnout at higher rates, however, surgeons appear to be less affected, according to Daniel Marchalik, MD.