Adoption & Implementation News

ACO Epic EHR Implementation Set to Enhance Care Coordination

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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...

Market Leader EHR Implementation Increases Patient Data Exchange

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Patient sharing increases when hospitals switch to a dominant EHR developer in a market area, suggesting that market dominance leads to an increase in patient data exchange and shared patients,...

AK Community Hospital Taps Cerner EHR for Patient Experience

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A community hospital in Alaska has implemented a new Cerner EHR system that is expected to improve clinical communication and the patient experience Petersburg Medical Center’s (PMC) board...

HCA Healthcare Announces MEDITECH Expanse EHR Implementation

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HCA Healthcare has announced an EHR implementation in partnership with MEDITECH that is expected to increase interoperability across three New Hampshire hospital sites. The implementation is currently...

VA Announces New Plan, Roles for EHR Implementation Program

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has updated its EHR implementation plan to address challenges revealed in this year’s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program strategic...

VCU Health Epic EHR Implementation Aims to Boost Patient Experience

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Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health has announced an Epic EHR implementation which is set to enhance interoperability for streamlined care coordination and boost the patient experience. All...

Urgent Care Org Taps Allscripts EHR Platform for Interoperability

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Next Level Urgent Care has partnered with health IT vendor Allscripts on an EHR implementation that is expected to enhance interoperability and streamline clinician data workflows.   Next Level...

Primary Care Org Taps EHR Implementation for Interoperability

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Primary care organization Florence Health has announced that it will deploy an athenahealth EHR implementation in efforts to enhance interoperability for care coordination. Florence Health, which will...

Coast Guard Completes MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR Implementation

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The Coast Guard has completed its EHR implementation, making it the first service to fully go live with the Department of Defense (DoD) MHS GENESIS system. “I’m happy to report that we...

APIs That Connect to Certified EHR Technology on the Rise

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ONC research has found an increase in the number of application programming interface (API) adoption that integrate with certified EHR technology, which should increase patient access to health...

Review Uncovers VA EHR Scheduling System Patient Safety Concerns

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The deployment of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patient scheduling system at two pilot sites has delayed veteran healthcare access, according to an OIG review that raises additional patient...

Clinician Burnout, Safety Issues Persist for VA EHR Implementation

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After visiting a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in Wenatchee, Washington, Rep. Kim Schrier warned VA Secretary Denis McDonough that the agency’s Cerner EHR implementation has slowed...

Community Hospital Taps Epic EHR to Mitigate Clinician Burden

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A small community hospital in Illinois has begun an Epic EHR implementation which is expected to cut down on clinician burden and improve care delivery, according to reporting from Rochelle News...

UVM Health Epic EHR Implementation Takes Aim at Care Coordination

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The University of Vermont Health Network has successfully completed the second phase of its Epic EHR implementation, which aims to enhance care coordination, according to reporting from Vermont...

Doctors Group Sued for Alleged Unpaid EHR Implementation Fees

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A Fresno health IT firm is suing one of the city’s largest physician networks, alleging that the network failed to pay more than $1.5 million in fees for Epic EHR implementation and maintenance...

Pain Management Group Taps athenahealth EHR for Care Coordination

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Advanced Pain Care (APC), a pain management group in Texas, is implementing a cloud-based EHR implementation from athenahealth that is expected to boost interoperability for enhanced care...

FQHC Taps EHR Implementation for Care Coordination, Clinical Decision Support

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A federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Kentucky is leveraging an EHR implementation from eClinicalworks to boost care coordination. Family Health Centers Inc. (FHC) provides services to...

Congress Voices VA EHR Implementation Patient Safety Concerns

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At a House Veterans Affairs Technology Modernization Subcommittee hearing on November 2, members of Congress said they fear VA is moving on to the next site for its EHR implementation before fully...

Former CIO Calls for VA Secretary to Rethink EHR Implementation

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While the federal government has committed $16 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR implementation project so far, officials must consider whether the health IT will improve clinical...

Early MEDITECH EHR Implementation Service Clients Report Value

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Early customers of MEDITECH’s proprietary EHR implementation services report higher satisfaction than  customers who partner with third-party health IT firms for MEDITECH implementations,...