EHRs

Ross Koppel, PhD, a sociologist and health IT scholar at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, told Bloomberg Law that although training medical students to use the EHR is a commendable way to alleviate usability issues, the healthcare industry should first…

Warner Slack, MD, a Boston-based Harvard Medical School professor and a pioneering force in the development of EMRs, died from lung disease June 23. He was 85 years old, according to WBUR.

The Pew Charitable Trusts penned a June 25 letter to CMS emphasizing that improvements to patient matching are a "key building block for interoperability."

Kairoi Health joined the athenahealth marketplace under its "More Disruption Please" program, the scheduling and productivity solutions provider confirmed June 26.

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.

CMS recently introduced a proposal requiring hospitals electronically share medically necessary information with other providers when a patient is transferred or discharged to participate in Medicare — but the U.S.' largest hospital organization opposes the move.  

The Oklahoma State University women's soccer team will name its new stadium after the late-CEO of Cerner and OSU alumnus Neal Patterson.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to be fully functional on its new Cerner EHR at three test sites in the Pacific Northwest by March 2020, officials said in a hearing before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs June…

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services on June 20 became the first free-standing behavioral health system to go live on an Epic EHR.

KLAS Research released a report on patient intake management tools in June to examine the performance of vendors in the space.