Electronic Health Records

It has seen a 21 percent decrease in missed doses, a 66 percent reduction in wasted doses and zero reportable adverse events in the past 11 months.

Tech initiative enables hospitals across the Carolinas to build apps that merge patient records.

In combination with the Epic MyChart app, patients can now access lab results, meds, vitals and more.

Healthpoint, its hospital in Abu Dhabi, hopes the new technology will help it advance from Stage 6 to Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.

It's the second such collaboration, using real-world clinical data to track device performance, following the health system's 2017 agreement with Medtronic.

Kimberly Carrosino, senior director of identity and access management at Providence Health and Services, says hiring a partner to manage identities within healthcare systems can reduce costs, improve compliance and automate certain workflows.

The evolution of the patchwork EHR landscape has been complex, and one expert traces the problem back to meaningful use.

The lawsuit, litigation for which had lasted for more than three years, alleged that the EHR developer had misclassified certain employees to keep from paying them overtime.

Leaders at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, touted as the first free-standing behavioral health system to implement Epic, anticipate ROI through better patient quality and efficiency.

Consultants weigh in on what hospitals should expect from them as healthcare moves beyond digitization and into the age of consumerism.