Terry Adirim, MD, MPH, MBA, executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) electronic health records (EHR) modernization program, will leave the agency on February 25, according...
More than 95 percent of certified health IT developers met the Cures Act Final Rule compliance deadline to provide customers with new technology, according to an ONC HealthITBuzz blog post.
The Cures...
Site-specific EHR usability testing with a small group of clinicians can help optimize the clinician experience without investment in usability experts, according to a study published in Applied...
EHR-based social determinant of health (SDOH) screening questionnaires under identified patients with housing instability and financial strain compared to single-domain screening tools, according to a...
Texas-based Legacy Community Health Clinic has announced it will transition from its outdated legacy system and move forward with an EHR implementation that will drive the patient experience while...
For the thirteenth consecutive year, KLAS Research named EHR vendor Epic the top Overall Software Suite in its annual Best in KLAS report.
The health IT vendor giant earned a score of 86.9 out of 100,...
Healthcare organizations are continually looking for ways to tackle increasing clinician burnout with documentation burden at the forefront of their concerns. To better understand clinician workflow...
After legislators proposed a bill to scrap the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization EHRM project last week, a top Oracle executive called on Congress to continue to support the effort in a blog...
Indiana University School of Medicine has appointed a nationally-recognized expert in epidemiology and health equity research to serve as the new president and chief executive officer of the...
The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) has deployed the MHS GENESIS EHR to an additional 12,000 clinicians and providers as part of its latest double-wave deployment.
Waves PORTSMOUTH/DRUM...
While reasons for physician departure are multifaceted, machine learning (ML) models that leverage EHR use metrics could aid in identifying those at risk of leaving, according to a study published in...
House Democrats are working on plans to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization program, according to reporting from FedScoop.
Two senior congressional sources told the news...
Over 1,400 organizations have joined the California Health and Human Services (CalHHS) Data Exchange Framework (DxF), the first-ever statewide data sharing agreement of its kind in California.
The...
A study published in JAMIA found that clinical decision support (CDS) EHR integration helped increase prescribing of take-home naloxone (THN) in the ED, a recommended but under-utilized practice...
HEALTHeLINK, the health information exchange (HIE) for Western New York, worked on a total of 83 different projects focused on improving health data exchange in 2022 alone, according to the...
On Friday, Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chair, introduced legislation to significantly amend or scrap the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization...
As the healthcare industry's focus on interoperability grows, health systems are investing in EHR systems that support the patient experience and improve clinical workflows.
TN Health System...
Increased primary care physician (PCP) use of community HIE may dramatically improve patient outcomes, according to a study published in Annals of Family Medicine.
Researchers used Paso del Norte...
Health IT vendor Veradigm, formerly Allscripts, announced that Veradigm Network EHR data will be available in the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM) data standard...
With the commencement of the 118th Congress, Healthcare Innovation Alliance (HIA) urged the House and Senate to take action on several issues to improve care delivery, including healthcare...