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By integrating with practices' EHRs, the voice and generative AI tool can help reduce the need to manage drop-down menus and scrolling, reducing physicians' documentation time by up to 40%, the company says.
The partnership will help connect service members – active-duty military and veterans – with their electronic data via the statewide health information exchange.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will extend the contract for the electronic health record modernization first launched seven years ago, even in the face of implementation challenges and more Congressional scrutiny.
The precision medicine company will integrate its rWGS technology with Epic, giving health systems using its EHR the ability to gain genomic insights for pediatric and neonatal patients.
Cybersecurity In Focus
The AHA and National Rural Health Association are also onboard for the initiative, which will offer grants, free endpoint security advice and other resources for critical access and emergency hospitals.
Working with Digital Therapeutic Alliance, the data exchange alliance will offer independent assessments of health apps and other patient-facing tools for interoperability, transparency, privacy and security.
The informatics group polled clinicians about the "pervasive challenge" of excessive administrative work, and found that 75% of respondents think too much documentation is detracting from care quality.