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OIG Details Additional VA EHR Implementation Patient Safety Concerns

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR implementation has presented patient safety and care coordination challenges at the pilot site, according to an OIG report. The healthcare inspection report...

Kansas Care Orgs Collaborate on MEDITECH EHR Implementation

by Hannah Nelson

Newman Regional Health (NRH) has partnered with Coffey Health System on a MEDITECH EHR implementation that is set to enhance interoperability, according to reporting from WIBW.  NRH...

Kootenai Health Completes Epic EHR Implementation

by Sarai Rodriguez

Kootenai Health has completed its Epic EHR implementation following 12 months of technical configuration. The new Epic EHR system replaced 11 fragmented EHRs. Centralizing the EHR onto one system...

Top 10 Most Popular Hospital Inpatient EHR Systems in US

by Editorial Staff

The wide range of hospitals and clinics across the care continuum investing in EHR technology has fostered a healthy amount of diversity in the inpatient EHR system market. Enterprise EHR vendors such...

Staff Engagement in Early Planning Key for Health IT Implementations

by Hannah Nelson

Successful health IT implementations require cross-departmental staff engagement in the planning process, according to an AACC article written by Kacy Peterson MBA, MLS, laboratory director at Avera...

WV County Health Department Begins Epic EHR Implementation

by Sarai Rodriguez

With help from West Virginia University (WVU) Medicine, Marion County Health Department has begun an Epic EHR implementation that aims to better interoperability for improved care coordination, The...

Low EHR Data Element Fill Rates Impede Quality Reporting Automation

by Hannah Nelson

A lack of standardized EHR data elements across implementations has made automation unviable for quality reporting, according to a study published in JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. The CMS...

VA Improving EHRM Data Standardization for Clinician Needs

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has completed most of the data standardization needed for its EHR Modernization (EHRM) effort, according to reporting from FedScoop. The Government...

VA CIO: Transparency, Collaboration Will Guide EHRM Path Forward

by Hannah Nelson

Kurt DelBene, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) CIO and assistant secretary for Information and Technology, told House subcommittee members at a November 9th hearing that the agency aims to avoid...

GAO Calls on VA to Address EHRM Health Data Management Issues

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs to address health data management challenges for its EHR modernization (EHRM) project, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that...

Critical Access Hospital Taps Cerner Cloud-Based EHR Platform

by Hannah Nelson

Experts at North Country Hospital (NCH), a critical access hospital in Newport City, Vermont, think the hospital has found its cloud-based EHR platform for the long-haul in a Cerner product, but it was a years-long process to get to the...

Leidos Deploys Largest Wave of DoD MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR

by Hannah Nelson

The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) has successfully completed its largest deployment to date of the Department of Defense (DoD) MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR. The deployment brought the EHR...

Health Org Taps Cerner’s Cloud-Based EHR Implementation

by Hannah Nelson

A healthcare organization in Northeast Texas has announced a cloud-based Cerner EHR implementation in efforts to enhance the care coordination. Hunt Regional Healthcare will implement Cerner’s...

DoD MHS GENESIS EHR Implementation Set to Hit Halfway Mark in 2022

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) EHR implementation, MHS GENESIS, will be live in more than half of all military hospitals and clinics in 2022, according to reporting from the Fort Hood...

Clinician Engagement, Tailored Training Key for EHR Implementations

by Hannah Nelson

Proactive leadership, clinician engagement, and workflow-specific training are key to successful EHR implementations, according to a study published in JAMIA. Selecting a new, presumably better EHR...

Hospital Leverages Cerner EHR Implementation for Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

A regional acute-care facility in Wyoming has announced a Cerner EHR implementation which is set to improve care coordination and boost the patient experience. Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County...

MEDITECH EHR Implementation Supports Data Sharing During COVID-19

by Hannah Nelson

A MEDITECH EHR implementation that went live a month before COVID-19 began has secured a health system a spot on the CHIME Digital Health Most Wired list for its data sharing abilities. Berkshire Health Systems, based in Pittsfield, MA,...

ACO Epic EHR Implementation Set to Enhance Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Community Care Cooperative (C3), a Massachusetts accountable care organization (ACO), has announced an Epic EHR implementation that aims to boost care coordination. The partnership will initiate Epic...