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VA OIG Flags Medication Safety Issues with Oracle Health EHR System

February 20, 2024 - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) told members of the House VA Committee that issues with the Oracle Health EHR have put medication safety at risk for veterans, according to reporting from Federal News Network. David Case, deputy inspector general, told lawmakers that veterans seeking care at one of five...

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eHealth Exchange Announces Public Health Data Sharing Incentives

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eHealth Exchange is launching an incentive program to drive public health data sharing across its health information exchange (HIE) network. eHealth Exchange will waive annual fees for three years for...

HHS, ONC Designate Additional QHINs for TEFCA Health Data Exchange

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), has designated two additional organizations as Qualified...

EHR Vendor Epic Wins 2024 Best in KLAS Overall Software Suite

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The 2024 Best in KLAS Software & Services report has recognized EHR vendor Epic as the top overall software suite, marking the fourteenth consecutive year that the company has earned the...

ONC, SAMHSA Launch Initiative for Behavioral Health IT Interoperability

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) have partnered on an initiative that aims to...

Community Health Systems Taps Google Cloud Migration, Gen AI

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Community Health Systems (CHS) has completed data migration to a Google Cloud platform to advance healthcare interoperability and generative AI deployment across its 71 affiliated hospitals. Google...

Epic Study Finds Health Data Exchange Lowers Risk of Code Blue

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Access to outside health data is associated with a reduced risk of code blue events in the emergency department (ED), according to an Epic Research study. ED clinicians triage patients to determine...

Safeguards Needed for Generative AI EHR Data Summarization

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While generative AI shows promise for EHR data summarization, using large language models (LLMs) to summarize clinical data brings risks that are not clearly covered by existing Food and Drug...

73% of Digital Health Companies Use Standards-Based EHR APIs

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Most digital health companies use standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) to support EHR integration, according to a study published in JAMIA. The study aimed to capture digital...

Pennsylvania HIEs, Health IT Vendor Partner on SDOH Referral Tool

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Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services has awarded the members of Pennsylvania's Consortium of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and health IT vendor findhelp a contract...

KLAS: Improved EHR Efficiency Can Mitigate Early-Stage Clinician Burnout

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Preventing clinician burnout by increasing EHR efficiency is easier than reducing burnout after it has peaked, according to a KLAS Arch Collaborative report. The report leverages data collected from...

ONC Publishes Draft USCDI v5 to Drive Health Data Interoperability

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ONC has released United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Draft Version 5, which includes new data elements aimed at driving health data exchange to reduce health disparities and improve...

Tribal Healthcare System Selects MEDITECH Cloud-Based EHR

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Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System recently signed an agreement to adopt a cloud-based EHR from health IT vendor MEDITECH. The Tribal Healthcare System serves 10,000 Native American...

CMS Releases Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057-F). The rule outlines requirements to streamline health...

CommonWell Health Alliance Adds Health IT Vendor to HIE Network

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CommonWell Health Alliance has added health IT vendor ModuleMD to its national health information exchange (HIE) network. CommonWell has recently experienced significant membership growth,...

AI Medical Scribe Deepens Epic EHR Integration to Enhance Workflows

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Medical scribe vendor DeepScribe has announced several updates to its Epic EHR integration. DeepScribe's Customization Studio, which allows end-users to build custom models to support...

Interwell Health Adds 8 Practices to Nephrology-Focused Epic EHR System

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Interwell Health, a kidney care management company, has added eight practices to its nephrology-focused Epic EHR system in the past year. The Acumen Epic Connect EHR is an Epic configuration that aims...

Nine Healthcare Orgs Join OCHIN Epic EHR Network to Drive Care Access

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Eight ambulatory community healthcare organizations and one rural hospital implemented OCHIN Epic EHR systems in the last quarter of 2023 to enhance care access and streamline clinical workflows. The...

ONC Final Rule Updates Health IT Certification for Interoperability

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An ONC final rule scheduled for publication on January 9, 2024, will make several updates to the ONC Health IT Certification Program to advance interoperability. The “Health Data, Technology,...

Physicians Bear the Greatest Inpatient EHR Messaging Load

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Inpatient EHR messaging patterns differ by role, with medicine providers sending and receiving 2.8 and 3.1 times the average daily messaging volume compared to other groups, according to a study...

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