EHRs

The Center for Medical Weight Loss teamed up with athenahealth to offer its platform for nonsurgical medical obesity treatment through  athenahealth's 'More Disruption Please' program, the companies announced March 19.

All four major publicly-traded EHR vendors saw their stock prices fall last week.

In an attempt to diversify the types of genomic data used in studies of diseases — which has typically been sourced from Caucasians — researchers at the University of Southern California are working to share the rich genomic data they…

A team of researchers at Vanderbilt (Tenn.) University Medical Center developed a way to search EHRs for genetic data that can be used to identify rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases, according to News-Medical.Net.

Throughout history, the sharing of information has been a precursor to progress. The printing press and, centuries later, the internet exponentially increased our ability to access and share knowledge, ushering in new eras for science and society as a result.…

The Department of Veterans Affairs contract with EHR vendor Cerner has been in the works since June 2017, and it's still not finalized.

Ever since Danbury-based Western Connecticut Health Network switched EHR software systems March 3 to Cerner — after dedicating nearly two years to preparation — patients have been complaining about problems reaching physicians, scheduling appointments and accessing other services, according to…

The ONC named two winners of its health data provenance challenge March 13.

After U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, delayed awarding the agency's EHR contract to Cerner, some questioned whether Epic would challenge the deal, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

A group of experts at the UC San Francisco Center for Digital Health Innovation are pushing for what they call a connected health record amid the debate on whether the EHR should instead be a comprehensive health record.