EHR, Interoperability, EHR Optimization and EHR Vendor

Northwell Awards $1M to Employee-Driven Digital Health Innovation Projects

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Northwell Health has awarded $1 million to develop two employee-driven digital health innovation projects as part of the health system’s 2023 Innovation Challenge. Winners of the competition...

ACMI Symposium Outlines Public Health Interoperability Strategies

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At the 2022 American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) symposium, experts discussed strategies to improve the public health interoperability infrastructure. An article published in JAMIA...

Algorithm Harmonizes EHR Data into ‘Macrovisits’ for Clinical Research

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Encounters are a heterogeneous component of EHR data, limiting the full potential of leveraging real-world data for clinical research, according to a study published in JAMIA. Researchers demonstrated...

Community Health Center Taps athenahealth EHR to Improve Patient Experience

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LCH Health and Community Services, a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Pennsylvania, has initiated an EHR implementation through vendor athenahealth to provide a cohesive patient experience...

Opinion: EHR Reform Requires Clinical Note Reinvention to Cut Clinician Burnout

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Removing all financial and administrative functions from patient-clinician interactions is essential for EHR reform to mitigate clinician burnout, according to a viewpoint article published in JAMA...

AEHADA Announces Plan to Drive Digital Health Innovation Through Collaboration

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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Association for Executives in Healthcare Applications, Data & Analytics (AEHADA) has announced a plan to unite its growing...

PCORI Unveils Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Funding Opportunities

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced four new funding opportunities for comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies. "With these latest funding...

KLAS Ranks Hospice Health IT Vendors for Customer Satisfaction, Value

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Across hospice health IT vendors, customers want more hospice-specific clinical workflows, according to a KLAS report. The report found that Netsmart and Homecare Homebase customers report little...

NC Health Information Exchange Authority Launches Stroke Data Registry

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The North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority and the Department of Health and Human Services have kicked off the state's first-ever Stroke Data Registry platform, offering a clearer...

Partnership Enables Open Data Sharing for Spinal Cord Injury Research

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Backed by a $250,000 grant, the University of Alberta and the Reeve Foundation have launched a joint three-year project to facilitate open data sharing through the Open Data Commons for Spinal Cord...

MI HIE Teams Up with AI/AN Tribe for Bidirectional Interoperability

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The Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) recently announced a significant step towards advancing bidirectional interoperability by adding the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP) to...

Interoperability a Key Factor in Referral Decisions for Post-Acute Care

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Many referral decisions for post-acute care hinge on electronic order capability and interoperability, according to a new survey of more than 130 hospital and physician entities. Referrals are a vital...

VA, DoD Clinicians Experience Additional Oracle Cerner EHR Outage

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) experienced a systemwide outage of its Oracle Cerner EHR earlier this week, according to reporting from Federal News Network. The outage impacted the five VA...

House Lawmakers Introduce Legislation for VA EHRM Reform

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House lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation that would reform the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) EHR Modernization (EHRM) program if passed into law, according to...

Three Healthcare Organizations Share Upcoming EHR Implementation Plans

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Mindful Care, an urgent mental healthcare organization, has announced that it has tapped NextGen for an upcoming EHR implementation across the entire system. With headquarters in West Hempstead, NY,...

WA Congresswoman Calls on VA to Terminate Oracle Cerner EHR System

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Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) is calling for the termination of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Oracle Cerner EHR system. “The Oracle Cerner electronic...

US Census Bureau Data Linkage Bridges Gaps in Race Data Collection

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Race data collection is critical to understanding and addressing racial and ethnic health disparities, stated researchers from the United States Census. However, there is significant variation in the...

Health IT Vendor Releases API for Interoperability With 3 National HIEs

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Health IT vendor Particle Health has announced a new offering that provides an interoperability gateway to three national health information exchanges (HIEs) through a single application...