Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

"Healthcare IT leaders need to understand the broad range of technologies at use across a hospital and assess which of these systems and machines they would detect attacks against, and where they would be blind."

In an upcoming HIMSS21 Global Conference Digital Session, two health leaders discuss the shift in priorities necessitated by COVID-19 – and explore lessons learned for the future.

It averages 4,500 telehealth encounters per month and has not had a single security lapse or data breach in the eight years it has been using the EHR-integrated telehealth solution.

A strategic review of the initiative has so far found problems with patient safety, productivity, cost, schedule and performance. "Frankly, I for one am fed up," said one senator.

This week's top stories include the VA flagging unreliable IT infrastructure cost estimates along with training deficiencies for its EHR modernization program, and a recently approved Alzheimer's drug that could strain Medicaid budgets.

The cloud is ready for healthcare, so expect healthcare organizations to be moving their data centers from on-premises to the cloud, says James Millington, director of Healthcare Industry Marketing at VMware.

Learn how they can also enhance provider and patient experiences.

Dr. Shawn Murphy, chief research information officer at Mass General Brigham, is leading the team facilitating the collection and analysis of standardized data from patients suffering from lingering COVID-19 symptoms.

Differing EHR vendors for inpatient and ambulatory abound, as they do for inpatient EHR and billing systems. What to do? An interoperability expert offers helpful advice.

She joined the company in 1988 as an implementation programmer before rising through the management ranks.