EHR Vendor Cerner Develops National eCR Public Health Solution
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) recently named EHR vendor Cerner the hospital category winner of its 2021 Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) Now COVID-19 FHIR App Challenge for...ONC Awards Funding to SDOH Data Exchange, Interoperability Projects
ONC has announced the 2021 Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT awardees for their interoperability projects that aim to enhance social determinants of health (SDOH) data exchange and...Increased Health IT Clinician Burden Calls for Greater Interoperability
While almost half of pharmacists and two-thirds of prescribers reported an increase in health IT use over the past 18 months, further interoperability efforts are needed to address clinician burden,...VA Awards Five Imaging Data Exchange Contracts to Boost Interoperability
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded five new contracts with Medicom that are set to boost interoperability for health data exchange. The contract awards will allow Veterans Integrated...How ePrescribing Interoperability Solutions Mitigate Clinician Burden
Andrew Mellin, MD, MBA, a VP and chief medical information officer at Surescripts, wants healthcare to get rid of its fax machines. The archaic technology, which he called a universal inbox, should...HIEs Advance Interoperability for Improved Care Coordination, Data Analytics
Health information exchanges (HIEs) advance interoperability and provide clinicians with greater access to patient health data for care coordination, according to an op-ed published in the Journal of...Cerner EHR Integration Leverages Health IT to Identify SDOH Factors
Cerner has announced a new EHR integration, Cerner Determinants of Health, that leverages health IT to identify social determinants of health that contribute to health...Sponsored by NextGen Healthcare