EHRs

The individual health record UnitedHealth plans to offer its members and providers already has been tested at three ACOs, CEO David Wichmann told the company's investor conference Nov. 27, according to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

Companies streamlining EMR data, including UnitedHealth Group, have traded near record highs, while several medical distributors have seen stocks dip after news of an upcoming Amazon software release that can mine patient health records for data to boost medical supply…

HHS selected three winning teams for its Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge, one of the agency's efforts to encourage safe use of health IT systems.

Lack of interoperability in healthcare is driving clinician burnout, according to a special publication the National Academy of Medicine published in October.

John Windom, project leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Cerner EHR implementation, said he plans to hire additional help for the effort, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

HHS released a draft of a new strategy Nov. 28 designed to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens placed on clinicians by inefficient health IT processes.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to June 2018 ONC data.

UnitedHealth Group said an EHR the health insurer plans to unveil in 2019 will serve 50 million health plan members, according to Forbes contributor Bruce Japsen.  

In a move that expands its budding presence in the healthcare space, Amazon is selling software that mines patient health records for information that helps physicians improve treatments and hospitals cut costs, The Wall Street Journal reports.

In 2011, athenahealth acquired a 387-acre property in Northport, Maine. Since then, the company has used the property, which overlooks a bay and is located on the side of a mountain, for public and private events and conferences, according to…