EHRs

The design, development and implementation of EHRs must be improved, not only to strengthen usability for clinicians, but also to enhance patient safety, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Epic's Verona, Wis.-based headquarters might sprawl across 1,100 acres, but the EHR giant is taking serious steps to ensure its 25-building campus leaves as little an impact on its environment as possible, The Country Today reports.

UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill became the first organization in North Carolina to integrate its Epic EHR with the state's prescription drug monitoring program.

Unstructured EHR data may help clinicians identify seniors in need of additional coordinated geriatric care, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

The global medical device connectivity market will likely surpass the billion-dollar mark by 2022, in part driven by wide adoption of EHRs in the hospital setting, according to a Frost & Sullivan report.

More than nine in 10 hospitals use an EHR vendor that offers technology certified under the ONC's latest product criteria, according to ONC data last updated in June.

Medical experts are turning to EHR data, coupled with billing records, to help refine treatments and find new uses for drugs that have already been approved, according to NPR.

Modernizing Medicine appointed Joe Harpaz as president and COO, the specialty health IT vendor confirmed July 16.

Two of the three major publicly-traded EHR vendors saw their stock prices fall last week.

Cerner created 50 new jobs at its operation in Dublin, most of which are focused on research and development as well as the management of its European clients' data, according to Silicon Republic.