Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Long history of clinical and technology work should benefit the nation’s hub for healthcare IT policy.

Although most of the health industry has moved records and administrative processes from paper to digital, human error remains a costly issue. Implementing health IT solutions, particularly a unique health safety identifier (UHSI), can eliminate the ongoing challenges of duplicate records, patient identity theft and payment fraud.

In addition to checklists and templates to help improve quality and safety, the new guides offer tips on prevention and mitigation of ransomware.

IBM Watson Health will adopt SNOMED CT for use in Watson Health work, SNOMED International and IBM Watson announced today.

Real engagement means managing hospital workflow, still-emerging relationships with post-acute practices and a complex customer dynamic for payers and providers alike.

The remedy is in better design.

The health system drastically reduced documentation time and number of clicks within its Cerner EHR after a three-year optimization project.  

Urology Austin, a healthcare provider with locations throughout central Texas, began notifying its patients March 24 that hackers may have accessed patient records that included names, dates of birth, addresses, medical information and Social Security numbers.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are fast accelerating the insights that can be gleaned from the granular descriptions enabled by ICD-10.

The Tennessee-based health system said it is replacing Meditech and NextGen with Cerner’s hosted Millennium electronic health record, revenue cycle management and transaction services.