EHRs

CMS is enrolling physicians in a one-year study that runs from April 2018 to March 2019 to identify and address the burdens associated with reporting on quality measures.

In a recent meeting with the board of trustees, staff members from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston said 13 employees were terminated in 2017 after administrators determined they had viewed patient records without permission, the Post and…

HHS' ONC and CMS heard multiple stakeholders express the many health IT burdens bogging down nurses and physicians in a hearing Feb. 22, according to Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

David C. Kibbe, MD, founding president and CEO of DirectTrust, will step down from his posts at the end of the 2018, the organization announced Feb. 21.

A Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society subsidiary recognized Mercy Hospital St. Louis for its EMR initiatives.

McKesson's iKnowMedSM is the No.1 EHR for oncology and hematology specialists based on client experience ratings, according to Black Book Market Research.

Cerner is bringing Surescripts' Real-Time Prescription Benefit tool to its Millennium EHR to provide patient-specific prescription information at the point of care, the companies announced Wednesday.

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.

A little more than a month after Allscripts acquired Practice Fusion for $100 million — a fraction of the software company's valuation — Practice Fusion is ditching its free software business model, CNBC reports.

Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's Health Care System will implement a Meditech EHR across its two hospitals and 44 clinics in 2018, the health IT vendor confirmed Feb. 20.