Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Misplaced records, medication module errors, flawed lab results tracking and security issues should have been taken more seriously, Brendan Delaney says. 

As if the hefty settlement fine execs had to pay wasn’t enough, the vendor also has to offer free upgrades, transfer customer’s data to rival EHR vendors for free, and employ an independent personal watchdog. 

The industry group calls on the HHS secretary to rein in the Office of the National Coordinator from unnecessarily burdensome regulatory authority.

Of thousands of Epic notes examined by UCSF researchers, just 18 percent were newly entered by clinicians.

CORHIO will launch its first use case in June, while a second use case centered around connected care management platform will launch at a later date.

From establishing centralized support and building a clinical trial management system to improving data integration with its Epic EMR, the academic medical center has worked extensively to put the pieces in place for genomics.

An electronic medical record implementation requires accuracy and precision. And making that happen demands a variety of skillsets, professional backgrounds and expertise. Here’s what worked for Penn Medicine. 

Five Queensland Health hospitals were forced back to pencil and paper after the IT failure, and the system will likely remain sluggish for at least a week.

The HIE aggregates clinical information from Epic and AllScripts EHRs, but plans are underway to include all electronic health record systems.

Zane Burke told investors said that the same EHR technology used for subs can benefit rural providers that are often in regions with scarce connectivity.