Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Having an EMR system brings to a healthcare organisation an integrated system.

Top takeaways from a month of reporting on today's current state and the future of health data sharing.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock is able to customize best practice processes from the technology out of the box – helping manage Epic's many environments, constant requests and complicated infrastructure, one IT exec explains.

InterSystems has included a unified provider directory as part of its HealthShare suite of connected health solutions, aiming to drive collaboration and innovation across the care continuum.

As health systems merge, the need to reconcile data sets from disparate EHR systems for population health and quality improvement is critical, and artificial intelligence can help, the company says.

Experts from across health IT, including members of the HL7 board and advisory council, say the new standard can do big things for data exchange, but it's not a cure-all.

The VEVA tool has helped improve caregiver productivity and efficiency – and providers appreciate that it reduces the number of clicks per query.

The eHealth Network’s drive to enable cross-border prescription and patient summary sharing has stepped up a level as Croatia joins Finland, Estonia, Luxembourg and Czechia in the first tranche of participants.

Analytics are helping providers better understand and provide care for their patient populations.

A quick look back at the competing specs for clinical coding and data exchange gives a glimpse of the some of the challenges still ongoing today.