Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

While more data is still needed to reveal if mandated compliance programs decrease opioid prescription diversion and doctor shopping, new ONC studies show "substantial growth" in the use of EPCS and "widespread use" of PDMPs in 2021.

Colleen Lindholz, who leads 22,000 care practitioners, has bold thoughts about pharmacy-specific tools incorporated into EHRs, population health platforms for care coordination, pharmacist burnout and more.

Predictive analytics in EHRs aren't yet effective enough for clinical decision support at the point of care.

Also, the Victorian government is providing new medical equipment and upgrades to 23 health services.

Patient identity is a great weakness in healthcare infrastructure, according the physician informaticist who led the algorithm research, which is aimed at boosting interoperability and patient safety.

Toronto's hospital system announced a widespread network outage that resolved the following day. It's a stark contrast to a ransomware attack on the city's Hospital for Sick Children just a few weeks before.

The implementation will be done over the next two years.

Through the collaboration, MHTC also aims to achieve its goal of making Malaysia a global healthcare destination.

Through a new partnership with Cadence, the health system plans to launch a responsive virtual care and remote patient monitoring program at 30 hospitals and 200 care sites in six states over the next year.

Advanced medication decision support tools are emerging as an enabler for the digital maturity journey of many leading hospitals. From improving patient care to reducing alert fatigue for clinicians, they are driving change throughout the care continuum.