EHRs

Meditech integrated access to state-regulated electronic prescription drug monitoring programs into its newest EHR and patient administration system, a web-based platform called Expanse.

Although Next Generation ACOs have performed well in their first year, health IT challenges like interoperability may be standing in their way of achieving greater success, according to a CMS evaluation prepared by NORC at the University of Chicago.

Shortly after Genevieve Morris, chief health information officer of the Veterans Affairs Department's Office for EHR Modernization, resigned from her post Aug. 24, Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie expressing "great concern about the…

Centra Health in Lynchburg, Va., is planning to go live on a new Cerner EHR Sept. 1, as part of a multimillion dollar project that is among the largest in the health system's history, according to a WDBJ7 report.

Epic CEO and Founder Judy Faulkner equated surviving in nature to staying afloat in the today's health technology industry in her 2018 executive address at the company's annual Users Group Meeting Aug. 28, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

John D. Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and dean of technology for Harvard Medical School, both based in Boston, discussed his thoughts on healthcare interoperability during a recent interview with athenaInsight.

The Pew Charitable Trusts, MedStar Health's National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare in Washington, D.C., and the American Medical Association released a report outlining ways to improve EHR safety and usability Aug. 28.

Although many reports have attributed physicians leaving medicine to frustration with EHRs, a recent study in the forthcoming issue of Information Systems Research shows basic EHRs have increased the tenure of physicians' hospital-based careers.

The Missouri Foundation for Health has awarded $743,470 in grants to 14 public health agencies in the southeastern portion of the state, according to DailyJournal Online.

Epic's annual Users Group Meeting runs from Aug. 27 to Aug. 30 at its Verona, Wis.-based headquarters, and local news outlets are warning residents that traffic from the event will likely clog roads in and out of the area, the…