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ONC Announces Certified Health IT List Data Challenge Winners

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ONC recently named three winners of its Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) data challenge who showed how the information can be used and applied across the healthcare industry. Researchers, health IT developers, and researchers were...

UCSF Leveraging Epic EHR, FHIR to Manage Newborn Weight Loss

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University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is launching a new tool that leverages data from the health system’s Epic EHR to enable clinicians to improve clinical decision support for providers caring for newborns in the first...

Nearly 70% of Physicians Suffering Stress Related to Health IT Use

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Almost 70 percent of physicians who use EHR technology during patient care delivery have experienced stress as a result of the demands of health IT use, according to a recent JAMIA study. Health IT-related stress can contribute to...

Integrating EHR Use, Health Data Exchange Into Behavioral Health

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While EHR systems and health data exchange solutions have been common tools within hospitals and physician practices for nearly a decade, many behavioral healthcare providers are just beginning to integrate EHR use into care...

Physician-Led HIEs Gain Access to Opioid Dashboard Health IT Tool

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Physician-led health information exchanges (HIEs) in Kansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, Missouri, and Louisiana will now have access to an opioid and controlled substances health IT tool designed to promote safer...

APIs, TEFCA Expected to Boost EHR Interoperability Industry-Wide

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EHR interoperability will likely improve in the next few years as ONC makes progress toward promoting the use of application programming interfaces (APIs) and implementing provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, according to National...

Most EHR Vendors Have Enabled CommonWell, Carequality Connection

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The majority of EHR vendors with sizeable marketshare currently enable providers to connect with CommonWell or Carequality, indicating the healthcare industry may be poised for a breakthrough in interoperability. This finding comes from a...

Reduced Regulatory Burden Needed For Improved Interoperability

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Reducing regulatory and administrative burden on health IT developers and providers is necessary to paving the way for interoperability in healthcare. This sentiment came from HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan at the ONC 2018 Annual...

How HIE Adoption Simplifies, Streamlines Health Data Exchange

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After years of frustration among stakeholders over the lack of complete, timely health data exchange across the healthcare sector, CMS is taking a firm stance on interoperability with its Promoting Interoperability programs. CMS announced...

Hospitals in Two States Go Live With Epic EHR Implementations

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New Hampshire-based Memorial Hospital and Beatrice Community Hospital in Nebraska recently went live with Epic EHR implementations to improve health data sharing with local healthcare organizations and enable better-informed clinical...

OH Hospitals Recover From EHR Downtime Following Ransomware Attack

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Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) and East Ohio Regional Hospital (EORH) have fully recovered from a sustained period of EHR downtime following a ransomware attack on their computer network and will not need to pay a ransom to hackers,...

How Information Blocking Regulations Can Promote EHR Usability

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Further transparency in EHR testing and development is imperative to improving EHR usability and reducing patient harm associated with EHR use, according to AMA and Medstar. The organizations offered recommendations for three information...

EHRA Publishes EHR Implementation Guide for Opioid Prescribing

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Volunteer members of the EHR Association (EHRA) have developed a guide to help healthcare organizations apply the 12 recommendations outlined in CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain to EHR implementations. CDC...

ONC Names Winners of EHR Innovation Challenge for Safety Reporting

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ONC recently selected three winners of its EHR innovation challenge seeking health IT solutions to ease EHR safety reporting for providers and reduce administrative burden. The Easy EHR Issue Reporting Challenge is part of the federal...

HHS Draft Strategy Aims to Reduce Administrative Burden of EHR Use

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A new draft strategy from HHS addresses administrative burden on providers caused by EHR use and includes recommendations to boost provider satisfaction. HHS announced the release of the draft strategy and issued a request for public...

Amazon Service Analyzes Patient EHRs, Health Data For Diagnoses

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Amazon confirmed it is developing a new HIPAA-eligible machine learning service that enables developers to analyze patient EHRs to identify information including patient diagnoses, treatments, dosages, symptoms, and signs in a Tuesday blog...

Hixny NY Health Information Exchange Earns HITRUST Certification

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Hixny recently became the first health information exchange (HIE) in New York to earn HITRUST CSF certification on Version 9.1 for patient information security to fulfill the aims of the Statewide Health Information Network for New York...

NC Department of Health Enabling EHR Integration of PDMP Data

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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is taking steps to promote safer prescribing practices across the state by enabling EHR integration of prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data. NCDHHS will...

Taking a Multi-Pronged Approach to Achieving EHR Interoperability

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While many healthcare stakeholders are dissatisfied with the current state of EHR interoperability and health data exchange, a number of health systems are leveraging existing technology to support care coordination and patient data...

Ransomware Attack Prompts Ohio Hospitals to Enter EHR Downtime

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East Ohio Regional Hospital (EORH) and Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) have voluntarily initiated a period of EHR downtime after a ransomware attack hit the hospital’s network on Friday, November 23. The hospitals are diverting...

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