EHRs

Athenahealth released its full-year earnings results for 2017 on Feb. 1.

Problem lists held in EHRs often do not accurately reflect a patient's comorbidities, leading researchers to dissuade hospitals from using these lists to determine risk adjustments, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care.

Superior, Mont.-based Mineral Community Hospital will go live on an athenahealth EHR in April, the Mineral Independent reports.

Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care selected Epic to provide the health system with a single-platform EHR and revenue cycle solution, the health system confirmed Feb. 1.

Allscripts appointed Dennis Olis, the company's interim CFO since May 2017, to permanently remain in the position effective Jan. 31.

athenahealth clients can now tap a new virtual assistant, called Samantha, for automated EHR documentation under a partnership with NoteSwift, the companies announced Jan. 30.

Perryville, Mo.-based Perry County Memorial Hospital will deploy Cerner's integrated EHR and revenue cycle management systems across its acute and ambulatory facilities, the health IT vendor confirmed Jan. 26.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report this month assessing progress the U.S. Coast Guard has made since terminating its EHR contract with Epic in 2015.

CMS mandated Medicare-eligible hospitals attesting to the agency's Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs use a secure portal to submit meaningful use data beginning Jan. 2.

Kareo's Kareo Clinical EHR received ONC 2015 Edition Health IT Certification.