EHRs

An international team of researchers developed a risk model to predict whether a patient will receive a diagnosis of incident essential hypertension within the following year, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Cerner posted its full-year earnings results for fiscal year 2017 Feb. 6.

Meditech achieved certification for a set of its EHR modules under ONC's 2015 edition health IT product criteria, the health IT vendor confirmed Feb. 6.

Seattle Children's Hospital has achieved the Stage 6 designation from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Analytics for its investments in improving patient care through an EMR strategy, hospital spokeswoman Anna Altavas told Becker's Hospital Review.

Stanton, Texas-based Martin County Hospital will implement Cerner's integrated EHR and revenue cycle management systems across its acute and ambulatory care facilities, the health IT vendor confirmed Jan. 31.

One of the four major publicly-traded EHR vendors saw their stock prices raise last week.

Allscripts integrated Luma Health's patient communication platform to its developer program, enabling Allscripts Practice Management users to tap the mobile engagement solution.

Boston-based Atrius Health implemented a natural language processing platform from Linguamatics Health to extract clinical information from unstructured patient data, the text analytics company announced Feb. 1.

On Jan. 26, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare became the first hospital in Saudi Arabia to implement an Epic EHR.

Meditech recently filed its annual financial report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2017.