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U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., ranking member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, recently cited a $16 billion figure for the VA's EHR implementation project, a significant increase from…

While the integration of EHRs into America's health system aimed to advance the practice of good medicine and improve patient safety, the technology's rapid adoption occurred with little insight from providers, causing unforeseen shortcomings that have compromised productivity and the…

Emergency department physician Lee Milligan, MD, who also serves as the vice president and chief medical information officer at Medford, Ore.-based Asante, became a credentialed trainer to help his organization transition from paper records to the Epic EHR, and now,…

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