Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Two groups applied the Framework for Cross-Organizational Patient Identity Management, first developed with Intermountain in 2016, to payers – and found a high matching accuracy rate across 36 different organizations.

This week's top stories include NorthShore University HealthSystem's digital strategy being tested against the second wave, Amazon rolling out Amazon Pharmacy, and a report finding front-line workers spend significant time fixing technical problems.

The platform will be made available to the EHR giant's CommunityWorks clients at no cost through the end of 2021.

An abundance of unstructured patient data remains disconnected from the electronic patient record (EPR), leaving clinicians with an incomplete view. By integrating the right content services platform with the EPR, healthcare organisations can complete the patient picture.

The updated version of SHEFAA will serve as a digital communication hub between service providers and patients across the country.

S4S pilot project participants noted that research requirements can affect the ability to adopt third-party apps, among other barriers to broader adoption of patient-directed data sharing.  

But at the AMIA virtual symposium this week, health IT professionals said they still see the potential of app-based ecosystems.

The draft report leaked to HSJ examines how doctors and pharmacists can be supported to review prescriptions. 

Social Determinants of Health Analytics is meant as a resource to help health systems plan for and implement community programs as part of their population health management efforts.

Clinicians struggle with connectivity, integration and system failures, according to a new report from SOTI.