Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital is the latest health organization to earn a Stage 7 Award from HIMSS Analytics.

Analytics functionality has improved measurably in recent years, according to Chilmark Research, but  workflow integration remains a key hurdle.

By John Halamka’s standards, healthcare IT is pretty average. In fact, he’d only give the sector a B-minus.

As if healthcare executives don't have enough worries about implementing electronic health records, yet another issue is starting to ramp up.

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Mercy Health has saved more than $42 million on drugs since 2010 by building a formulary within its electronic health record platform.

Nebraska Medicine, comprising the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians, will be recognized at the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas for achieving Stage 7.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator announced Monday that CMS would extend the deadline for commenting on quality reporting and certification of EHR products.

Physician adoption of electronic health records rose steadily between 2013 and 2014, with nearly 75 percent of doctors going digital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Electronic Health Records Survey.

MidMichigan Health, a nonprofit health system affiliated with the University of Michigan Health System, is ready to replace a mixed bag of technology with an electronic health record from Epic Systems, which will provide the clinical, administrative and billing software.

For the sixth straight year, Epic has secured the top spot for Overall Software Suite in the Best in KLAS: Software & Services report, which is compiled based on feedback from healthcare providers.