Category: Analytics

Lori Posk, M.D. is a practicing internal medicine physician and the medical director of MyChart, the personal patient portal at the Cleveland Clinic, the integrated health system in northern Ohio. Dr. Posk and her team have been helping to lead a successful initiative that has been bringing more and more automated release of EHR information…

A recent study from researchers in the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) has discovered that experienced physicians are finding clinical value in using electronic health records (EHRs). read more …read more

Recognizing the need for low-cost health information exchange options for rural providers, California Health eQuality (CHeQ) has created California Direct with the goal of enabling ambulatory providers, clinics, and hospitals to exchange data with inexpensive Direct accounts. Recognizing the need for low-cost health information exchange options for rural providers, California Health eQuality (CHeQ) has created…

Electronic health records have become standard practice throughout hospitals in North America, but in countries with fewer resources many front-line clinicians are still collecting data on paper, if they are collecting it at all. But now, surgeons from Vancouver, British Columbia, have developed a way for their peers at a Level I trauma center in…

A hospital in White Sulphur Springs, Mont. is suing NextGen, the Horsham, Penn.-based electronic health record (EHR) vendor for not installing its EHR system as promised. read more …read more

Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie has announced the release of more than $21.7 million for capital improvement projects (CIPs)—mainly modernizing medical record information systems—that will upgrade and improve state hospital facilities and services. Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie has announced the release of more than $21.7 million for capital improvement projects (CIPs)—mainly modernizing medical record information systems—that…

Clinical decision support tools in electronic medical records may well reduce inpatient costs, but there’s little evidence yet to support that, according to research recently published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. read more …read more

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) have extended the regulation that allows hospitals to donate electronic health records (EHRs) to physicians to Dec. 31, 2021. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of…

HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has awarded four Hawai‘i Pacific Health hospitals with Stage 7 Awards, and 28 of its associated ambulatory clinics with Stage 7 Ambulatory Awards. HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has awarded four Hawai‘i…

Bringing the total cost to $200 million, the parent company of Maine Medical Center will be spending tens of millions more on training for its problematic Epic electronic health record implementation. read more …read more