Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Better EHRs deliver better outcomes. They also protect patients and providers, fuel powerful research and much more. But health systems face many challenges managing data across care settings – one expert offers guidance.

Also, Genea runs an integrated surgery management system powered by Clintel's CareRight.

At the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum, AHA cyber risk advisor John Riggi said health systems need to prepare now for clinical and operational contingencies as high-impact ransomware attacks increase.

The longtime electronic health record vendor will be taken private by the software equity firm, which says it's planning for growth and innovation of its cloud-based EHR and practice management tools.

The HIMSS23 Asia-Pacific Health Conference on 18-21 September in Jakarta, Indonesia, will shine a spotlight on personalised models of care, big data and emerging technologies.

By reducing the number of flowsheets and their content, they've made documentation more than 10 minutes faster. Across two years, the number of best practice alerts for nursing was reduced by 86%.

Virtuoso is a digital front door technology that can integrate health system data into a unified healthcare platform, the vendor says, and is designed to expand patient and family access to medical services.

Healthcare IT News’ APAC Managing Editor weighs in on the sessions he's looking forward to at the HIMSS APAC conference this year.

Healthcare IT is an evolutionary process, not a revolution, says one health tech executive.

South Korea is helping expedite the translation of medical research by sanctioning safe access to health data.