EHRs

Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tenn., will spend about $30,000 on a medical records backup system for its physicians group after a three-day computer outage affected 90 of its physicians in early May, according to The Daily Times.

The ONC opened submissions for its Certified Health IT Product List Data Challenge on July 10.

Researchers are increasingly mining data found in EHRs for various studies, bringing to light an unexpected ethical dilemma: What if the research team finds an untreated health concern while reviewing an individual patient record?

Epic signed six new hospital contracts outside of the U.S. in 2017, more than doubling its growing market share in those regions, according to KLAS Research report.

Jackson Health System in Miami has extended its care management partnership with Allscripts company CarePort Health, the post-acute outcomes management software provider confirmed July 11.

Allscripts is asking an Illinois district judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit over a January ransomware attack that took down multiple clients' EHRs for about a week, arguing the case should be resolved in arbitration, according to HIPAA Space.

The Department of Veterans Affairs established the Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization, which will be responsible for oversight of the VA's $10 billion, 10-year EHR overhaul, the agency announced July 12.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to July 2017 ONC data.

The American healthcare system is undergoing a burnout epidemic. One so fierce that physicians are 15 times more likely to experience symptoms of burnout than professionals in any other field, according to data compiled by Allscripts.

InstaMed's patient payment integration solution is now available in the Epic App Orchard.