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GAO: Small, Rural Hospital HIE Use Lags Larger Counterparts

April 24, 2023 - While electronic health information exchange (HIE) has increased in recent years, use among small and rural hospitals is lower than that of other hospitals, according to a new GAO report. The report is based on interviews with ONC, CMS, and state agency officials. GAO also analyzed hospital and physician survey data and interviewed physicians and...

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VA Suspends Further Oracle Cerner EHR Implementations for EHRM ‘Reset’

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has stopped all further Oracle Cerner EHR implementations as it conducts a “reset” of its EHR modernization (EHRM) project. VA officials said that...

ED Nurses Report Cumbersome Documentation for EHR Behavioral Flags

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While emergency department (ED) nurses described EHR behavioral flags as helpful for clinician safety, improvements are needed to streamline the process from documentation to follow-up, according to a...

Intermountain Develops FHIR-Based Platform for Clinical Decision Support

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Intermountain Health informaticists have developed and implemented a FHIR-based platform that hosts tools to help providers use evidence-based medicine, algorithms, and artificial intelligence (AI)...

VA Executives Call for Modifications to House EHR Reform Proposals

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While Veterans Affairs (VA) executives support elements of reform bills that would hold its EHR modernization (EHRM) project to a higher standard, the agency is requesting modifications before fully...

HIE Consortium Releases Health Data Utility Maturity Model

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The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of five nonprofit health information exchange (HIE) organizations, has released a health data utility (HDU) maturity...

3M HIS Taps AWS Generative AI to Advance Ambient Clinical Documentation

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3M Health Information Systems (HIS) has announced that it will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) machine learning (ML) and generative AI services to accelerate the innovation of its ambient clinical...

VA Clinicians Face Five-Hour EHR System Service Disruption

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Clinicians using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR system experienced a five-hour service disruption on April 17, 2023, according to an internal VA briefing note obtained by FedScoop. The...

Large Health IT Networks Unveil Plans to Become QHIN Under TEFCA

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As the Sequoia project expects to open the TEFCA QHIN application on October 3, several organizations have announced their intentions to apply. TEFCA, published earlier by ONC, outlines a...

Health IT Vendor eClinicalWorks Announces Azure OpenAI EHR Integration

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Health IT vendor eClinicalWorks has announced that it is integrating its EHR and practice management tools with ChatGPT, cognitive services, and machine learning models from Azure OpenAI...

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The Health Level Seven International (HL7) unveiled its latest healthcare data exchange standard, HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Release 5 (HL7 FHIR R5), an enhanced and expanded...

Microsoft, Epic Expand Partnership with OpenAI EHR Integration

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Mcrosoft and EHR vendor Epic have announced an Azure OpenAI Service EHR integration to streamline clinical workflows. The announcement expands the vendors’ long-standing partnership, which...

Study Finds EHR Issues Can Contribute to Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors

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EHR issues such as suboptimal design or clinician use can contribute to diagnostic errors in ambulatory settings, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The study analyzed legal claims...

CHIME Renames AEHIA to Reflect Expanded Focus on Health Data Analytics

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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has renamed The Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Applications (AEHIA) to reflect an increased focus...

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EHR implementation challenges can significantly derail provider satisfaction, according to a KLAS report that found that nearly 50 percent of respondents opened up about room for improvement. Provider...

Healthcare Orgs Select Integrated EHR Platforms for Interoperability

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Advanced Orthopedics New England has implemented an integrated EHR, medical billing, and patient engagement solution from health IT vendor athenahealth to drive interoperability. "We lacked the...

KLAS Highlights Innovative Partnerships for Health IT Interoperability

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Collaborations between payers, healthcare organizations, and health IT vendors can help drive interoperability for improved care outcomes. The 2023 KLAS Points of Light report celebrates successful...

DHA Conducts Market Research for EHR Implementation Follow-On Contract

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The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is conducting market research for a follow-on contract to support its $5.5 billion MHS Genesis EHR implementation, according to reporting from FCW. DHA seeks a team of...

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Alaska’s Department of Health (DOH) has awarded the state’s health information exchange (HIE), healtheConnect Alaska, a new contract to expand its interoperability services. The HIE has...

ONC Releases Proposed Rule to Further Cures Act Interoperability Goals

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ONC has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for public comment on proposals to implement certain provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and make several enhancements to the ONC Health IT...

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