EHR

There are so many new medical devices today flooding the market, offering hope for a brighter tomorrow.

Don’t let the indestructible demeanor of nurses fool you: Like other members of the healthcare team, they too have technological difficulties.

Healthcare organizations are recognizing that clinical decision support technology that integrates with electronic health records can be utilized to improve quality of care and better utilize staff and resources.

Medsphere Systems, maker of the OpenVista electronic health record, and MBS/Net have merged, adding physician practice services and proprietary applications to Medsphere’s existing healthcare IT tools and services for acute and inpatient behavioral health settings.

HIMSS is launching the HIMSS Executive Institute, a community of senior leaders at provider organizations that have achieved either EMRAM Stage 7 or Davies Award recognition.

The HCI Group, a healthcare IT services consultancy, will highlight at HIMSS16 its new partnership with HIMSS to become the healthcare IT society’s first EMRAM global education provider.

Kalorama Information says electronic health record systems are here to stay after recent situations in Flint, Michigan and Hollywood Presbyterian in which electronic medical records played key roles in times of crisis.

The electronic health record software maker said it will debut early components of new cloud-based technology at HIMSS16.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine are making progress tackling the issues associated with incomplete data in patients' digital health records.

Healthcare organizations are making big investments in population health and patient engagement platforms as they prepare to move past meaningful use and toward value-based reimbursement, according to "The Big Mega HIT Purchasing Report" released Monday by market research firm peer60.