Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
The Office for Civil Rights' 13th such settlement in the past year-plus comes on the heels of new proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that prioritize patient access.
Dr. Afzal Chaudhry, CMIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, says it's when you have that embodiment of technology fully embedded in the workflow that you start to see real benefits.
The rideshare company said it would be teaming up with a number of corporate and healthcare partners, including Anthem and Epic, to transport people in need to vaccination sites.
Customers report that Cerner has made notable progress on fluid record-sharing, while Meditech and Greenway Health lag behind.
Population Health
The COVID-19 crisis prompted an enormous uptick in virtual care use from patients and providers – but it has also raised a number of questions about telehealth's security, accessibility and longevity.
Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, DrChrono, Epic, Greenway Health, Meditech and NextGen offer an up-to-the-minute look at how they’re enabling complex immunization recordkeeping for their health system customers.
Population Health
From pandemic-necessitated go-live pauses to major rip-and-replaces, FHIR-based efficiencies to interoperability strides, digital records are evolving.
For the first three quarters of 2020, it has registered a 40% reduction in its patient no-show rate, compared with face-to-face visits.
Developers from Epic say they tried to keep the recent redesign accessible and easy to use, with patient information "always front and center" to reduce the need to navigate to different portals.
A pair of studies aims to examine just how much time American clinicians spend in the electronic health record – and how it impacts their relationship with patients.