Tag: electronic health records

June 6, 2017

The time has come for hospital IT executives to become much more demanding customers of their electronic health records vendors to bolster clinical decision support, reduce medical errors and ultimately improve patient safety. “It’s up to us to demand that […]

June 2, 2017

Paul Cerrato says he first started researching precision medicine almost 30 years ago. “Back then it wasn’t called precision medicine, but when I was in graduate school I did my final master’s thesis on ‘biochemical individuality’ – that was the […]

June 1, 2017

For all the benefits brought about by electronic health records, it’s long been known that they have their pitfalls, whether it’s ungainly user experience or agita caused by alert fatigue. Another major risk for EHRs is the temptation toward “note […]

May 31, 2017

Penn Medicine has positioned itself at the forefront of genomics and immunotherapy, but capitalizing on the promise of personalized medicine has required extensive investments in the medical center’s IT infrastructure, said Brian Wells, Penn’ associate vice president of health technology […]

May 3, 2017

Small hospitals made for the majority of new business for Cerner this past year, according to a new KLAS report, due to the popularity of its easy-to-use CommunityWorks platform. In fact, the KLAS report found many technology vendors are shifting […]

March 28, 2017

A Jan. 22 ransomware attack on Urology Austin, a healthcare provider with locations throughout central Texas, may have exposed 279,633 patient records. Urology Austin began notifying its patients on March 24 that hackers may have accessed patient records that included […]

March 13, 2017

DeepMind, the Google-owned artificial intelligence company, is developing a new technology similar to blockchain for secure tracking of patient health data. In a blog post, London-based DeepMind said its new Verifiable Data Audit project could be the first steps toward […]

February 16, 2017

Two-thirds of healthcare organizations have increased staff to boost EHR adoption, according to a study by Nuance Communications and HIMSS Analytics to be released next week at the 2017 HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. But increasing staff is not sustainable for […]

February 15, 2017

Not so long ago, the U.S. federal government was honed in on rewarding healthcare providers for IT adoption and healthcare providers themselves were solely focused on the difficult task of hardwiring electronic health records into their daily workflow. With EHRs […]

November 10, 2016

The advent of telemedicine has introduced an unprecedented degree of convenience and immediacy, data sharing and communications among care teams and resource availability for value-based, patient-centered care. But ensuring uniformly high-quality telehealth requires providers, technology vendors and ethicists to address […]

October 25, 2016

A new research study has found that emergency department patients benefit from having their electronic health records available when they’re being treated. Researchers found that when health information was available electronically, the patient’s care was speeded up, and that it […]

September 30, 2016

On Wednesday, Congress approved $1.1 billion in funding to combat the Zika virus in a short-term spending bill. In doing so, it’s sidestepped a government shutdown. The House voted 342-85 and the Senate voted 72-26 to pass the legislation, which […]

August 24, 2016

Tech giant Apple appears to be taking a giant step further into healthcare with the purchase of startup Gliimpse, a personal health data company launched three years ago. It’s the fifth consumer health venture for Anil Sethi, founder and CEO […]

August 2, 2016

For many hospitals, it’s essential to have an effective electronic health records (EHR) system. And it’s equally as important to have a plan in place if something happens to disrupt an EHR’s operations, whether it’s a natural disaster or a […]

June 30, 2016

Doctors say they’re drowning in electronic paperwork, feeling burned out and dissatisfied with their jobs thanks to countless hours spent filling out computerized medical forms, researchers report. Electronic health records are a cornerstone in the effort to modernize medicine. But, […]

February 25, 2016

Healthcare organizations are recognizing that clinical decision support technology that integrates with electronic health records can be utilized to improve quality of care and better utilize staff and resources. Community Medical Centers, for instance, had already embarked on adoption of […]

January 4, 2016

A network of academic researchers who focus on the comparative effectiveness of electronic health records has formalized its efforts and will recruit other researchers and chief medical information officers to join the effort. Led by its executive director, Dean Sittig, […]

August 6, 2015

The health IT market is in a transition period, from extremely data-centric systems toward more customizable workflow-centric systems. By “data-centric” I mean essentially structured databases plus graphical user interfaces. Users still have to figure out what to do next, hunt […]

April 28, 2015

The $25 billion EMR market will continue to grow even after the government incentives for doctors and hospitals to go digital have vanished, according to an “EMR 2015: The Market for Electronic Medical Records”, a new report from research firm […]

April 20, 2015

More healthcare organizations than ever are embarking on value-based payment programs, such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program and commercial accountable care organization initiatives. These program participants are discovering that efficiently managing populations of patients, especially high-risk patients, is essential […]