EHRs

Orlando (Fla.) Health selected a 12-member team to lead its transition to a new Epic EHR, which the health system is calling a comprehensive health record.

David City, Neb.-based Butler County Health Care Center will install a Cerner EHR to move its records system to a single platform.

Here are key insights from nine recent studies on EHRs:

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers studied EHR data and developed an algorithm that identifies and assigns patients into four separate types of sepsis, according to a May 19 study published in JAMA.

The leading factor to predict EHR user satisfaction among clinicians is the quality of system training they received, according to a study published in Applied Clinical Informatics.

Boston Medical Center implemented an EHR-based tool that serves as a social determinants of health screener to identify patients' unmet needs, according to a study published in Medical Care.

The Department of Veteran Affairs' transition to a Cerner EHR may move more quickly than previously anticipated, FCW reports.

Phoenix Children's Hospital's on-premise virtual servers were inaccessible for hours May 16 due to an internet outage at the hospital, ABC affiliate KNXV reports.

DrChrono, an EHR, medical billing and practice management software developer, added a new feature that uses voice recognition technology to chart physicians' clinical notes in the EHR.

Despite the vast amount of medical data available today, researchers must recognize that EHR data can present various limitations and isn't always helpful in improving patient care, Google Research Scientist Kathryn Rough said during a presentation at DATAx San Francisco…