Category: EHR & EMR

October 26, 2023

The 23andMe breach of confidential information based on genetic analysis appears to have been caused by users using identical login information across multiple platforms. Previous data breaches were able to obtain email and password combinations from other companies, which rendered […]

September 29, 2023

Those who have been following the new electronic health record rollout at Veterans Affairs hospitals over the past year will not be surprised to hear there’s been another bump in the road. The “reset” or “pause” that was instituted in […]

September 18, 2023

Thanks to a decade of effort, nearly every U.S. hospital today stores health data electronically. To put that data to work, however, clinicians and patients need to be able to access and appropriately share that data. To implement the 21st […]

September 6, 2023

Federated identity is a method of linking a user’s identity across multiple separate identity management systems. It allows users to quickly move between systems while maintaining security. The challenges with consumer-directed HIE are directly related to individuals not having a […]

August 25, 2023

Building upon the introduction of bi-directional ambient sync for Epic, Suki, the leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, is announcing a similar enhancement for Cerner. The most recent iteration of Suki Assistant empowers Cerner users to expedite […]

August 15, 2023

Today’s world revolves around data. Hospitals are no exception, especially as they embrace digitalization to raise care standards and become more efficient. Amid this shift, having a formal data center strategy in health care is all the more crucial. Data […]

August 2, 2023

Sade discusses her journey into the field of pharmacy and her passion for chemistry and explains how she chose pharmacy as a way to help people while utilizing her knowledge and skills. After spending time in retail pharmacy and later […]

June 27, 2023

The U.S. healthcare system has been in desperate need of modernization for decades. Thankfully, essential change is finally happening. IT workers at healthcare organizations are now creating more efficient and effective electronic health records (EHRs), a process that requires integrating […]

June 22, 2023

The healthcare industry is facing immense pressure to provide patients with seamless and compliant access to their medical records. Despite recent regulations that discourage information blocking and promote interoperability for secure access, the medical records retrieval process remains confusing and […]

May 30, 2023

In 2022, Oracle Health (Cerner) experienced a noteworthy increase in the number of hospitals they served, marking their first double-digit net gain since 2018. However, unlike previous years, where growth was primarily driven by expansion from major clients, Oracle Health’s […]

May 25, 2023

Last year, 313 hospitals made an EHR purchase decision, down slightly from 2021. Larger customers are leaving Oracle Health “due to ongoing revenue cycle challenges,” according to the report. But 2022 was the fifth year in a row that Oracle […]

May 10, 2023

In 2020, the Dental Care Alliance (DCA) experienced a significant cyberattack on its systems, which lasted approximately an entire month. This gave the threat actor an extended period to compromise the healthcare organization’s servers and extract the private and confidential […]

May 9, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public health emergency also exposed significant gaps in U.S. public health infectious disease data collection […]

May 5, 2023

It’s a fact: More than 80% of data breaches involve a human in some way. That could involve someone falling for a spear-phishing campaign designed to solicit credentials, clicking on a malicious link, or a simple error that leaves a […]

April 28, 2023

COVID-19 was an unexpected public health crisis that put healthcare systems around the world on edge. Hospitals struggled to meet the increasing demand for healthcare. There weren’t enough hospital beds, not enough PPE, and certainly not enough staff to treat […]

April 25, 2023

The prevailing global economic conditions are negatively impacting the healthcare industry. Continuing staff shortages, endemic COVID-19, high inflation rates, and supply chain disruptions continue to drive medical costs higher, worsening what is already a persistent challenge for health insurers. To […]

March 31, 2023

What You Should Know: The goal of the Arch Collaborative is to help organizations understand not just how to make the EHR usable but how to help clinicians embrace it as a tool essential for delivering great care. To that […]

March 22, 2023

The remote patient monitoring market is expected to reach $760 million by 2030, growing at a 8.9% annual rate between 2020 and 2030. The term refers to the technology that enables medical professionals to monitor the health of their patients […]

March 17, 2023

Frailty is conceptualized as decreased physiologic reserve and inability to withstand physical and psychological stressors. The goal of frailty measurement is to identify high-risk older adults and to target interventions to prevent adverse health outcomes. Despite the utility of frailty […]

March 13, 2023

Big data? It’s being collected everywhere in healthcare settings; constantly generated by smartwatches and other consumer wearables, health apps, electronic health records (EHRs), and through genomics. We already know data is gold. And, at this particular point in time, we’re […]