EHR
Electronic Health Records
On the first anniversary of the state's mandate, 51 percent of prescribers in the state are fighting the opioid crisis by using electronic prescription for controlled substances.
Electronic Health Records
Hackers got into the Missouri health system’s network by a brute force attack on its remote desktop protocol, the same access used by the notorious SamSam ransomware variant.
Electronic Health Records
The American Medical Association and MedStar Health examined how physicians used Cerner and Epic electronic health records, and found a lot variability that could impact safety.
Electronic Health Records
To achieve gains in quality, hospitals need to strategically pace the rollout of new features and functionality.
Accountable Care
Health system uses communications platform to go from a 65 percent patients seen rate for case managers to 91 percent – with a reduced number of FTEs, official says.
Workflow
After HHS shut down the AHRQ site with two decades of medical information, ECRI announced it will make the evidence-based materials available.
Analytics
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes a new rule to combat note bloat, improve patient safety, advanced analytics and enable IT innovation.
IT Infrastructure
Employees fell victim to a targeted phishing campaign, which may have exposed sensitive data for some patients, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information.
Electronic Health Records
The startup is working in conjunction with Cape Fear Valley Health pilot test to add social features for Medicare beneficiaries with congestive heart failure.
Electronic Health Records
Hospitals ignoring blockchain risk being left behind, IT firms say, and they share advice about getting work underway.