Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

The new research examined functionality, customer adoption, customer collaboration and other factors in evaluating population health management tools.

After agreeing to a "mutual separation," Rusty Frantz stepped down this week as president and chief executive officer, and also from the company's board.

The Single Digital Patient Record system will consolidate the fragmented EMR systems across the state.

A retrospective study in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that the model did not identify two-thirds of sepsis patients and frequently issued false alarms.

Electronic health records are overloading outpatient docs with info in "disparate files and folders rather than presenting comprehensive, actionable data in a context that gives meaning," say researchers in a VA-funded study.

The new venture is backed by a $34 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

This follows the commencement of its project with InterSystems, where the multi-disciplinary hospital will operate InterSystems TrakCare as a service.

The three-year study intends to identify the "true burden" of cardiovascular diseases and other chronic health conditions in the region.

Allscripts, athenahealth and DrChrono have also signed on to give patients greater control over their health records.

The vendor said it remained focused on delivering benefits to clients, associates and shareholders.