Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
The framework, which leaders hope will start working in 2025, will potentially harness the health data of nearly 450 million people, facilitating cross-border care and opening opportunities for research.
The agency's third go-live came on the heels of two separate incidents on Monday and Tuesday in which federal Cerner clients faced hours of downtime.
The two-year collaboration will focus efforts to extend comprehensive standards for interoperability and specs such as FHIR across the the healthcare community.
The hospital is also gearing up to reach the highest stage for the model in the near future.
Researchers from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found substantial differences between solo and large-practice physicians when it came to data exchange capabilities.
A statement from the company followed reports of interrupted services at facilities in Massachusetts and Florida.
The White House announced Tuesday that it was calling on electronic health record vendors to incorporate information about antivirals directly into their interfaces.
Epic held the largest share of acute-care hospitals among electronic health record vendors, followed by Cerner and Meditech.
Baha Zeidan, CEO of Azalea Health, says that the company's customers are using its new apps marketplace to optimize their EHRs.
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said the patient's prescription had not been renewed as it should have been, although the medication could still be viewed in a different area of the system.