EHR

The activation of a fire suppression system of one of the health system’s data centers on Monday shut down its Epic EHR and other information systems.

Activist investor blasts cloud-based EHR company for not responding a week after receiving the notice.

Hospitals have a complex web of electronic health record vendors but once data sharing broadens it will open the door to innovation.

The American Medical Association's Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium seeks to train new physicians with EHRs, pop health and value-based care in mind.

A new report from KLAS shows NHS data sharing to be cumbersome and disruptive to clinical workflows.

eHealth Exchange will become both a member of Carequality and an implementer of its standards, helping expand its presence to other participants.

Speaking at UK e-Health Week today (15 May), Matthew Swindells, NHS England National Director, Operations and Information, urged organisations to address issues with ‘basic IT’ in an effort to start moving towards a ‘personalised, data-led, fast to deploy new innovations’ system.

But Epic leads in the physician office sector, according to the new report, and GE is now among the top four electronic health record vendors.

Accountable care demands that data crunching these days be agile to enable quick pivots in strategy, says the director of pharmacy at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

The report points to usability, cybersecurity, user training, help desk among reasons to delay implementation.