Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
Open-source technology will offer flexibility and cost-efficiencies, officials say.
The hospital was also the first pediatric facility to achieve Stage 7 for its EHR use, the pinnacle on HIMSS Analytics Scale.
The software vendor intends to showcase two apps it is working on as part of the massive modernization contract.
TrakCare to provide clinical functionality, decision support, patient portal.
Electronic health records trim odds of hospital-acquired infections, other adverse events, AHRQ says
A recent study funded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality suggests that patients with fully electronic health records experienced fewer adverse events such as hospital-acquired infections.
Electronic health records are typically touted as providing two primary and vital services: readily accessible patient records and protection against contraindicated medications. But Intermountain Healthcare is benefiting from a growing and transformative versatility in the application of its EHRs.
Cerner has launched its new Cerner Open Developer Experience -- known as "code_" -- in a bid to spur wider collaboration with third-party and client developers for SMART on FHIR applications.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday passed the bipartisan Improving Health Information Technology Act with a vote of 22-0.
Electronic Health Records
Health IT giant Cerner Corp.
The American Hospital Association has sent a list of demands the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services before the federal agency creates new rules surrounding electronic quality reporting measures.