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Michigan Medicine Upgrades Epic EHR to Meet Regulatory Requirements

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The newest upgrade to Michigan Medicine’s Epic EHR will add new health IT features to advance care delivery and efficiently meet regulatory requirements. The new features in MiChart will go live...

MEDITECH Announces Advancements to Population Health Management Tool

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EHR vendor MEDITECH’s population health tool will leverage aggregated patient data through Expanse Population Insight to help healthcare organizations gain a complete view of their patient...

Health IT Vendors, Care Orgs Earn Surescripts ePrescribing Award

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Health IT vendor Surescripts has announced the 2022 winners of its White Coat Award, which recognizes organizations supporting patient safety through ePrescribing accuracy. This year's winners...

CHIME Names UPMC ‘Digital Health Most Wired’ for 24th Year

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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has named UPMC one of the nation’s “Digital Health Most Wired” health systems for the 24th consecutive year. The...

Genomic Data EHR Integration Cuts Clinician Time to Order Test by 75%

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EHR integration of genomic data resulted in significant time savings for clinicians, according to a study in Genetics in Medicine.   Testing a patient’s genomic information can be useful...

Racial Disparities in EHR Family Health Information Present CDS Concern

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Members of racial and ethnic minority groups had less available family health information (FHI) in the EHR, including cancer FHI, compared to White patients, according to a JAMA Network Open study that...

Drummond Group Releases Pediatrics Health IT Certification Program

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Drummond Group LLC, the leading certifying body for ONC's Health IT Certification Program, has announced its new Pediatrics Health IT Certification Program to support ONC's recommendations for...

Vendor-Derived EHR Use Measures Present Research Limitations

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As the number of studies using event logs to observe EHR use continues to grow, inconsistent measure definitions from vendors and investigators pose challenges for clinical research, according to a...

Over 50% of Text in EHR Notes is Duplicate Clinical Documentation

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More than half of all text in EHR notes is duplicated, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open that suggests the need for a new clinical documentation paradigm that supports the stability...

USA Health Cuts Sepsis Mortality Rate With Oracle Cerner EHR Workflows

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After implementing new Oracle Cerner EHR workflows and alert algorithms, USA Health reduced its sepsis mortality rate by 16.5 percent. The health system initiated a performance improvement effort in...

‘Meaningful Use’ EHRs May Be Key to Improved Quality of Care

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The use of EHRs has resulted in improved quality of care, according to a study published in Journal for Healthcare Quality. In 2011, CMS established the “Meaningful Use” program, now known...

Improved EHR Usability Needed to Support Care Coordination, Communication

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Efforts to optimize EHR usability for patients, caregivers, and clinicians are necessary to improve care coordination, according to a National Quality Forum (NQF) report. With funding from CMS, NQF...

Specialty-Specific EHR Training Drives Clinician Satisfaction

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Providers who strongly agree they received specialty-specific EHR training are almost 25 times more likely to report clinician satisfaction with EHR functionality, according to a KLAS Arch...

Clinician Burnout Reaches New High During COVID-19 After 6-Year Decline

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The clinician burnout rate among US physicians spiked drastically during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic after six years of decline, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic...

Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit Drove Medication Adherence

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Clinicians using Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit noticed their patients were more likely to pick up their prescriptions, a key first step to medication adherence, according to a recent...

NextGen Releases New EHR Functionality for Foster Care Services

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Health IT vendor NextGen Healthcare has announced the latest release of its integrated behavioral health suite, which now offers enhanced EHR functionality to support the delivery of foster care...

EHR Vendor Epic Releases Program for Clinical Trial Access, Matchmaking

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EHR vendor Epic has announced the release of its Life Sciences program which aims to help providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers recruit research participants and expand...

User-Focused EHR Design Needed to Drive Care Improvement

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According to an article published in JAMIA, future EHR systems must become more user-focused to enable providers to deliver improved care. A panel sponsored by the American College of Medical...

Incomplete Patient Data Delays Prior Authorization for Specialty Medications

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Nearly two-thirds of prescribers report that inaccurate and incomplete patient data is a top challenge to obtaining prior authorization for specialty medications, according to a new Surescripts survey...

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