Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Kalorama Information says electronic health record systems are here to stay after recent situations in Flint, Michigan and Hollywood Presbyterian in which electronic medical records played key roles in times of crisis.

The electronic health record software maker said it will debut early components of new cloud-based technology at HIMSS16.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine are making progress tackling the issues associated with incomplete data in patients' digital health records.

Healthcare organizations are making big investments in population health and patient engagement platforms as they prepare to move past meaningful use and toward value-based reimbursement, according to "The Big Mega HIT Purchasing Report" released Monday by market research firm peer60.

The hospital’s director of biomedical engineering will discuss at HIMSS16 securely bringing biomedical devices into the network, including mitigating existing gaps.

Nuance will unveil its Dragon Medical One Platform at HIMSS16, an evolution of its speech recognition and documentation tool that aims to redefine the relationship clinical users have with healthcare technology, the company says.

Kiosk maker CTS Healthcare Services will start targeting mid-size and smaller provider organizations when it introduces at HIMSS16 new middleware dubbed Kwerk.

A leading topic or two seem to have emerged at every HIMSS Annual Conference. What do you think will lead this year?

IT support is emerging as a key factor in hospital satisfaction and many trends will shape these relationships, report says.

Healthcare economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is delighted that the patient component of the healthcare information technology is finally coming of age.