Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Researchers relied on records stored in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative's Data Enclave, which now includes information from 6.3 million patients.
Dr. Caren Campbell had bad experiences with electronic health records in the past. When she opened her own practice, she found an EHR that met all her needs.
Julia Gudgeon, the first national digital midwife, will oversee the online records.
Version 2 of the United States Core Data for Interoperability offers "clearer direction toward the standardized, electronic exchange" of those data types and others, enabling better care for "all patients."
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Most EHR systems do a fine job automating the hospital’s administrative and operational functions, but fall short of the mark when it comes to streamlining clinical workflow in a manner that truly supports providers delivering patient care.
A pair of reports from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General raised more potential concerns about the VA's electronic health modernization program.
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Two HIMSS Market Intelligence surveys show that many organizations lack the data needed to support analytics initiatives.
The Department of Justice says the defendants breached a provider's EHR and used proceeds from stolen data to buy SUVs, off-road vehicles and jet skis.
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In the inaugural episode of the Changemaker Podcast series, Alison Connelly-Flores, CMIO at Bronx-based Urban Health Plan, describes the hard-hit early days of COVID-19, strategies for vaccine distribution and the value of social determinants of health.
The Commons Project announced on Thursday that it had released a free COVID-19 vaccination verification app.