EHRs

EHR use hasn't led to improvements in care quality or medical outcomes for heart failure patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Robert Wachter, MD, professor and chair of the department of medicine at San Francisco-based UCSF School of Medicine, and Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, associate professor of public health sciences at Charlottesville-based University of Virginia, outlined three ways to improve EHRs in…

Four researchers affiliated with various Veterans Affairs facilities across the U.S. developed a program to reduce "low-value" EHR notifications, according to study results published in BMJ Quality & Safety.

Poor EHR design imposes  challenges for primary care practices to  generate the required reports for federal value-based payment programs, according to a study published April 2 in Health Affairs.

Cedar Rapids-based Physicians' Clinic of Iowa is transitioning to the eClinicalWorks EHR solution for its 84 providers.

Princeton-based Illinois Rural Community Care Organization, a statewide ACO comprised of 24 critical access and small rural hospitals, will implement Cerner HealtheIntent to coordinare care for the state's nearly 20,000 Medicare patients.

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System is scheduled to go live April 7 on a new Epic EHR that costs roughly $79.5 million, KTVZ.com reports.

The plurality of providers in medical practices are required to close their patient charts within 24 hours of a patient encounter, according to a Medical Group Management Association survey.

The distinction between termination and resignation may pose a legal hurdle for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' $10 billion-plus EHR contract with Cerner, the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter reports.

Nearly 10 years after the passage of legislation meant to spur health IT adoption, EHRs have undergone a rapid evolution.