EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Atchison (Kan.) Hospital debuted Meditech's Expanse EHR April 1.
Challenges to EHR usability can pose medication safety risks, such as incorrect prescriptions, overdoses and treatment delays, which can leave pediatric patients particularly vulnerable, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Four of the top vendors hospitals used to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.
Watertown, Mass.-based health IT software company athenahealth will lay off nearly 4 percent of its global workforce, Boston Herald reports.
Healthcare organizations around the world have collectively invested billions in EHRs. Further investment is almost certain as the technology's documented ability to improve outcomes can help support more efficient, safer care models essential to the success of value-based care. The…
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its My Life, My Story program, which aims to help veterans connect their personal stories with VA healthcare providers through the EHR, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced legislation April 16 that calls for the creation of a third-party committee to oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs' Cerner EHR installation.
New Jersey's departments of health and human services granted $6M for the state's Substance Use Disorder Promoting Interoperability Program, which aims to increase access to EHRs for substance abuse disorder providers.
Glasgow, Mont.-based Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital has finished installing Meditech's web-based EHR.
Programming a hospital's EHR with clinical decision support for gastrointestinal testing can decrease inappropriate testing by 46 percent, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.