Interoperability

Further topics from the NHS innovation conference this week include the establishment of up to five digital innovation hubs to create and use datasets to improve quality of care or asking suppliers to adopt open approaches to data sharing.

The EHR vendor says Share Everywhere is designed to empower MyChart users to allow clinicians to view medical records.

Manufacturers must also work to continually assess new cyber risks to the medical devices on the market.

System says $700 million price tag encompasses several other projects beyond just the EHR system.

HIMSS UK is setting up an advisory board to provide ‘strategic and clinical oversight.’

Latest study confirms typing and clicking consume more than half the workday for doctors.

DH has also confirmed mental health exemplars will team up with up to seven fast followers.

A rock star lineup of health IT pros including Karen DeSalvo, John Halamka weigh in on where the program went astray and suggest the direction that government and industry should steer towards.

Manufacturers should make safe connectivity a central part of their design process and clearly communicate devices' interface characteristics, the agency says.

As it works to shore up its client base, Allscripts will have to differentiate itself from Epic and Cerner by showing lower total cost of ownership and a commitment open data sharing.