EHRs

Electronic health records company Epic Systems confirmed a report from CNBC that it paused new enrollment in its app store in December due to security and privacy concerns.

The Sequoia Project, a nonprofit focused on health IT interoperability, is chartering a new workgroup on information blocking for its public-private cooperative, Interoperability Matters. 

DrChrono, an EHR, medical billing and practice management software developer for iPhones and iPads, will integrate with CoverMyMeds to help providers speed up electronic prior authorization processing.

Arise Austin (Texas) Medical Center and The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center in Austin will implement Allscripts' EHR.

The Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Office of Rural Health  have teamed up with a software company to develop a statewide hospital data-sharing network, according to local NPR news station WKU.

Gag clauses in EHR vendor contracts prevent the industry from adequately discussing and addressing EHR usability issues that pose risks to patient safety, according to cardiologist John Levinson, MD, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. 

The National Federation of the Blind refiled a complaint against EHR vendor Epic. The organization previously claimed  the company's software isn't suitable for blind and low-vision users, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

Chicago-based Saint Anthony Hospital added to its contract with Allscripts, signing a Paragon EHR expansion and integrating more solutions.

New Albany, Ind.-based PMC Regional Hospital installed a Meditech EHR system Feb. 25.

Boston-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, freshly minted a 13-hospital system as of March 1, plans to focus on IT system interoperability in the immediate future with plans to move to a single EHR a few years down the line, according…