EHRs

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.

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.