EHRs

Standardizing patients' last names and address information in EHRs can lead to more effective matching of an individual's health records, according to a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Pullman (Wash.) Regional Hospital will invest $10 million in a new Epic EHR system, Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports.

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is drafting legislation aimed at enhancing EHR interoperability efforts between the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, FedScoop reports.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs joined DirectTrust's Accredited Trust Anchor Bundle Network, which will allow the agency to share protected health information with participating providers.

Meditech-as-a-Service, Meditech's private, cloud-based EHR solution, is now available for community-based health systems.

Lafayette (La.) General Health and Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette launched a pilot program to share EHR data between the two health systems, KLFY, a CBS affiliate, reports.

An EHR extension that determines when a patient may benefit from preventive therapy may be more effective than prescribing based solely on education, according to a study published in March in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Epic announced the appointment of Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money," as its new financial adviser in a statement published to its website April 1.

A parody account on Twitter highlighting physicians' frustrations with EMR systems has gained more than 10,000 followers since it launched last month, WBUR reports.

San Antonio-Texas-based University Health System will  invest $170 million to update its Epic EHR system, according to local newspaper Express News.