MEDITECH has introduced a new EHR integration, focusing on simplifying provider communication and granting direct access to telehealth services from MEDITECH's physician-facing native app, Expanse...
Vendor-derived EHR use metrics likely underestimate the time clinicians spend on after-hours EHR work, according to an article published in The Annals of Family Medicine.
EHR vendors Epic and Cerner...
A projected $35 million shortfall deficit at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center caused largely by the agency's flawed EHR system is forcing the Spokane hospital to reduce its staff, according to...
Health IT vendor Suki has integrated its generative AI-based voice assistant with Epic EHR software using Epic’s ambient APIs.
Suki recently announced new features to its voice assistant tool....
Princeton Brain, Spine & Sports Medicine (PBSSM) has chosen to pursue an EHR implementation transitioning from its in-house EHR system to a cloud-based version of eClinicalWorks.
The 27-provider...
After the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a renegotiated EHR contract with Oracle Cerner earlier this week, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the VA committee, questioned...
Executives for Health Innovation (EHI), a nonprofit health IT advocacy group, will wind down operations in the coming months.
Founded in 2001, EHI brought together thousands of health and technology...
MedAllies has secured approval to proceed in its bid to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), marking it as only the...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has renegotiated its $10 billion EHR contract with Oracle Cerner to include stronger performance metrics and larger financial penalties, according to reporting...
Clinician EHR documentation time went down slightly following changes to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding requirements, according to...
Non-interruptive EHR nudge interventions, such as changing choice default options, can help drive care quality improvement, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Interruptive clinical decision...
While clinicians reported the EHR as the dominant communication modality across teams, they noted that EHR-based communication negatively affects care team well-being, according to a study published in...
While clinicians report at-the-elbow EHR training as the most useful, alternate training methods such as self-directed eLearning could present the best value for clinician time savings, according to a...
Community Health Access Network (CHAN) announced it will begin an athenahealth EHR implementation across its seven federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) to enhance functionality offerings for...
The Health IT End-Users Alliance has released a consensus statement regarding collecting and using social determinants of health (SDOH) data to support health equity.
The Alliance brings together...
Health IT vendor Luma Health has announced the integration of its Patient Success platform with the MEDITECH Expanse EHR.
As an initial member of the MEDITECH Alliance program, Luma Health...
The West Hawaiʻi Region (WHR) of Hawaiʻi Health Systems, which encompasses Kona Community Hospital (KCH) and Kohala Hospital (KOH), is preparing to launch Epic EHR through a Community Connect...
Keeping promises related to product integration capabilities is key for health IT vendors to drive customer satisfaction, according to a KLAS report.
The report is based on data collected in the last...
House legislators pressed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials and Oracle executives during a hearing Tuesday regarding problems with the pharmacy features of the agency's new Oracle...
DirectTrust, a non-profit healthcare industry alliance created to support secure, identity-verified electronic exchanges of protected health information, has released new criteria for its...