EHRs

Personal health records for U.S. citizens would help improve the country's healthcare system and enhance interoperability between providers, Barbara Casey, global healthcare leader at information technology and networking company Cisco Systems, told Thrive Global.

EHRs may not be the time-saving, healthcare-streamlining tools physicians were initially promised, but according to Robert Pearl, MD, former executive director and CEO of the Permanente Medical Group, all it will take to fix that piece of software is another,…

Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital will implement a Cerner Millennium EHR, Pharos Tribune reports.

Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health System is expanding its contract with Allscripts to develop a single, integrated clinical and financial EHR.

Blockchain technology has made a significant impact on the financial sector, and now the decentralized ledger is making its way into the healthcare space. Beyond assisting patient payments, blockchain has the potential to positively affect patient health records, Computerworld reports.

Patients who receive their medical records and discharge prescription on a USB flash drive rather than a handwritten note may experience fewer post-discharge medication errors, according to a study published in the British Journal of General Practice.

Cerner released its earnings results for the first quarter of 2019.

Problems in EHRs, such as outdated information and incomplete notes, can cause treatment delays as well as safety and communication issues between chemotherapy patients and providers, according to a study published in Journal of Oncology Practice.

Vital, an artificial intelligence-powered software that integrates with EHRs, has launched with $5.2 million from its latest financing round, TechCrunch reports.

Adding clinical decision support tools to the EHR can help improve interventions efficiency and metrics tracking required by antimicrobial stewardship standards, according to a report published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.