Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Dave Garets, whose four decades of experience in healthcare and technology included work as a technical specialist at AT&T, a hospital chief information officer, a management consultant and early leadership at HIMSS Analytics, died Monday at age 73.

Despite significant investment and well over a decade of different transformation plans and initiatives, there’s still much to do before we can say the health and care system has truly gone through a digital revolution.

An IT veteran spells out why so many giants have found the healthcare industry harder to crack than they reckoned and describes what Big Tech must do to succeed. He also discusses Oracle's pending acquisition of Cerner.

The hospital has achieved the highest level for its digital maturity. 

Does that stat catch your attention? Good. Shawn Sefton, RN, talks about the results of a new survey of RNs, the key problems it identified – and how technology can help lessen burnout.

The Supreme Court rebuffed the electronic health record vendor's petition after a Seventh Circuit decision to reduce the damages from the Tata case.

The deeper integration of ambient and conversational AI into Millennium will help "streamline workflows while enhancing the essential value of the EHR," said a Nuance leader.

The VA Office of Inspector General released a trio of reports this past week with allegations about medication, ticket-process and care-coordination concerns.

The rollout of eTOC continues across the state, with eHealth NSW's head Dr Zoran Bolevich saying it improves clinical productivity and patient care.