Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

CIO Dan Waltz said that moving to a new electronic health record platform gives the health system an opportunity to transform patient care.

American Medical Association and many other groups also suggested that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Seema Verma loosen PQRS and value-based payment requirements.

Release 3 of the interoperability standard touts more utility for decision support and quality measures, and better functionality for clinical workflows.

Shulkin said it had been a "strategic mistake" to not rethink VistA concurrently with the Department of Defense's EHR modernization, but promised a clear vision for the VA's health IT strategy by the summer.

The tools analyze relevant patient notes using deep learning and natural language processing technologies.

With a new acute-care deployment, in addition to cloud-based migration of its ChartLogic outpatient EHR, practice management and patient portal technology, "the future of healthcare IT is in cloud-based applications," says Medsphere's CEO.

Russell Leftwich, MD, says IT professionals need to have a strategy for integrating the spec with existing standards into a hybrid.

Earlier this year, UCLH revealed they were looking at four different options for the EHR system.

Two Advisory Board research leaders discuss the current state of precision medicine – and what it will take for genomics to become part of routine care.

A new report from ECRI Institute says suboptimal EHR management and CDS implementation pose safety risks to patients. It also raises concerns about patient identification and clinical process improvement activities.