EHRs
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Pew Charitable Trusts called on the ONC to emphasize patient matching and data standardization in its interoperability framework, according to the group's Aug. 25 letter to ONC head Don Rucker, MD.
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, both based in Boston, has awarded nearly $200,000 to four EHR vendors to improve behavioral health workflows.
CliniComp, a San Diego-based EHR provider, filed a lawsuit Aug. 18 against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over the department's decision to tap Cerner for its systemwide EHR in a no-bid contract in June, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.
The use of an electronic documentation system reduces emergency department operational efficiency, according to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
MAP Health Management — a provider of telehealth and patient engagement solutions for patients with chronic behavioral health disorders — will integrate Wolters Kluwer Health's Health Language platform to improve its data exchange practices.
St. John's Medical Center in Jackson, Wyo., will deploy the cloud-based Cerner Millennium CommunityWorks EHR.
Minneapolis-based Hennepin County Medical Center and its innovations group, Upstream Health Innovations, launched a pilot program in January that uses the hospital's EHR to help Medicaid patients hail Lyft rides to their medical appointments, according to the Center for Care…
Richard D. Lang. Vice President and CIO of Doylestown (Pa.) Health. Mr. Lang manages the advanced clinical automation initiatives at Doylestown Health, including the 232-bed Doylestown Hospital, as vice president and CIO. He has previous experience as vice president of information…
Aaron Kramer. CIO of Adirondack Health (Saranac Lake, N.Y.). Mr. Kramer became CIO of Adirondack Health, a two-hospital healthcare system, in September 2016 after spending a year as assistant vice president of information systems. Hospitals & Health Networks named Adirondack Health…
Beth Jump, RN. CIO of Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital. Ms. Jump manages Logansport Memorial Hospital’s information functions and communication systems as CIO. She joined Logansport Memorial in 1990 and works within the hospital’s telecommunications, information systems, community pharmacy and meaningful use…