Electronic Health Records

The CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization says its population health platform has helped manage disparate data, but he still wishes vendors and payers would help manage the burden of value-based care.

Penn Medicine and Cancer Centers of America are deploying clinical pathways technologies and Mercy already saved 480 lives and $27 million by connecting them with its Epic electronic health record.

New data suggests that the EHR makers vary when it comes to enabling hospitals to collect EHR reimbursement dollars under meaningful use and the authors advise picking a vendor wisely.

The aim of the core measures is to refocus the agency's regimen of quality metrics on high-quality healthcare and meaningful outcomes for patients, according to the agency.

Rotunda is the third hospital to implement the Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System, the first shared EHR system in Ireland.

The 30-year veteran most recently served as the executive vice president and CFO of JDA Software Group, a privately-held supply chain provider of software and SaaS solutions.

Providers say flexible platforms help them to prepare for population health management and value-based care.

Local report says lawsuit alleges the hospitals made false claims in order to snag federal grant money for electronic health record systems.

Although many organizations claim interoperability is a major focus, progress is slow, at best. For HL7 CEO Charles Jaffe, the reason is a lack of financial reward, as for-profit vendors can’t be expected to “connect everyone on their own dime.”

Apple is not the lone tech giant showing an interest in healthcare: Amazon, too, has kept a close eye on the market.