Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Areas of opportunity include data analytics for research, enhancing EHR capabilities and using AI algorithms to support patient care and operational efficiency, says Mike Restuccia.

As they look to the next five years, health IT leaders from provider organizations large and small discuss their spending strategies for those two key technologies.

The new Final Version 1.0 provides unified specifications for patient addresses. A new companion guide developed with AHIMA offers healthcare organizations help with implementation.

Dr. Bill Hayes, chief medical officer of CPSI, talks about tools that help find timely, relevant clinical data.

Some of the biggest names in healthcare and technology – athenahealth, Allscripts, Microsoft, Nuance and, of course, Oracle and Cerner – made big news with big-ticket deals this past year.

CompuGroup Medical worked to get internal systems back online after a ransomware attack, while healthcare providers in West Virginia and Texas notified hundreds of thousands of individuals about information breaches.

"There’s no need to wait until October 6. Anyone ready to share more than the USCDI v1 is welcome and encouraged to do so as permitted under applicable law."

It's a seismic acquisition, one that was first floated more than 13 years ago. Now that it's finally happening (pending regulatory approval), observers assess the deal and offer thoughts on what's next.

Damo Consulting CEO Paddy Padmanabhan discusses the significance of the $28.3 billion acquisition and predicts some next steps.

The new case, Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, will have implications for workers in California – and potentially elsewhere.