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Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

By Eric Wicklund | 11:17 am | February 08, 2015
Developers who translate clinical voices into health records are expecting big breakthroughs this spring in natural language processing.
By Anthony Vecchione | 01:08 pm | February 06, 2015
Increased adoption of electronic health records is helping pharmacists who work for payers and pharmacy benefit management companies improve outcomes, thanks to access to high-quality clinical data.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:09 am | February 06, 2015
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society is calling on Congress to add its influence and energy to the push toward nationwide healthcare interoperability.
By Mike Miliard | 12:17 pm | February 05, 2015
The American Medical Association has partnered with MATTER, a health technology incubator, setting up a "physical and virtual infrastructure" where physicians and entrepreneurs can innovate new models of care.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:10 am | February 05, 2015
With electronic health records now well established, a mature U.S. hospital IT market is expected to see higher growth opportunities in the non-clinical segment over the next seven years.
By Mike Miliard | 12:21 pm | February 04, 2015
One meaningful use manager explains how, despite having "providers in every level of every stage" of the process, she's able to keep costs down by keeping tabs on attestations as a team of one.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:30 am | February 03, 2015
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD, tend to see health IT in a similar way: it should be nimble, simple, robust and preferably cloud-based. Today, they announced a collaboration like no other.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 09:41 pm | February 02, 2015
As he prepares to embark on one of the largest IT implementations in recent memory, Mayo Clinic CIO Cris Ross explains the thinking behind the choice of Epic for EHR and revenue cycle, and lays out his next steps.
By Mike Miliard | 09:31 pm | February 02, 2015
Charging ahead on patient engagement projects without a strategic plan, or falling in love with a specific piece of technology? That's almost a surefire recipe for failure.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:21 pm | February 02, 2015
ONC's draft plan for nationwide interoperability has sparked optimism from some quarters -- and a "wait-and-see" approach from others. We round up reaction to the roadmap.