EHRs

CMS and ONC's recently released interoperability rules will give patients more power and access over their medical data, leading the shift to consumer-driven competition in healthcare, David Blumenthal, MD, former National Coordinator for Health IT, wrote in an article for Harvard…

Mercy Medical Center—Des Moines (Iowa) formed a multiyear agreement with TransformativeMed, a digital solutions developer that embeds specialized clinical workflows into Cerner's EHR, to enhance diabetes management.

As the use of EHRs has increased within health systems, some patients have expressed concern about privacy and accuracy issues, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's January 2019 Health Tracking Poll.

Allscripts will integrate scheduling technology from Opargo, a software-as-a-service platform, to enhance its Allscripts Practice Management revenue cycle software.

Whistleblowers allege Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems submitted hundreds of millions of dollars in false claims to HHS for federal incentive payments through CMS' promoting interoperability program for EHRs, according to court documents unsealed March 14 in Miami.

Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's critical air transport service, uses Epic's mobile app that lets nurses and paramedics access a patient's health records while in flight.

Boston-based Partners HealthCare will integrate the commonwealth of Massachusetts' prescription awareness tool into its Epic EHR system.

The Massachusetts Health Collaborative installed Meditech's Expanse EHR at its three hospitals.

Mansfield-based OhioHealth will install Epic's CareConnect system across its 11 hospitals and 200-plus ambulatory sites, according to local news channel WMFD.

Veradigm, a subsidiary of Allscripts, will integrate health analytics and technology company Pulse8's data exchange solutions into its health plan product suite.