Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Digital innovation and policy changes at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are improving access to healthcare for veterans and their families, says Jim Gfrerer, former CIO at the VA, who shares some predictions about the future of healthcare.

The country enacted a Health Minister regulation on medical records in late August.

The CIO at a Denver behavioral health center talks about how NLP can help with behavioral health, what it will take to get more providers to adopt the AI technology – and how it can help with managing social determinants data.

A three-time survey of 1,300 physicians from 2016-2022 revealed growing recognition of technology's benefit, with the biggest growth seen in remote care tools and planning for digital therapeutics.

The rollout of the FIM solution seeks to improve patient safety while providing additional support to clinicians and nurses.

Enterprise access to all clinical information can improve clinical decision-making and support better health outcomes.

A Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint study found that more than 20% of those healthcare organizations hit with a ransomware attack or other IT compromise experienced an increase in mortality rates.

The FDB Vela electronic prescribing network will improve contracting and access for pharmacies and clinicians, and provide patients with more control over their prescriptions, says Bob Katter, president of First Databank.

Researchers at IU and Regenstrief received a 5-year grant to develop a population-based surveillance system using state EHR data; they hope to support population health studies at the national level.

The precision medicine initiative will use real-world data from the Learning Health Network for clinical validation and refinement of cancer risk prediction models.