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Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

By Bill Siwicki | 04:35 pm | August 20, 2019
Health IT vendors are building greater flexibility into clinical decision support systems so they can optimally function in a dynamic healthcare environment, Frost & Sullivan finds in a new report.
By Benjamin Harris | 01:06 pm | August 20, 2019
Underlying weaknesses in common OS’s are slowing hospitals down. Software can help fix them.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:56 am | August 20, 2019
The communications system, integrated with the provider’s Epic EHR, is used throughout most of the medical center, and it has helped the organization boost HCAHPS scores in almost every measure.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:51 am | August 19, 2019
A new Center for Connected Medicine/HIMSS Media survey of healthcare tech leaders shows that most hospitals and health systems are depending on a single, integrated EHR to solve their interoperability woes.
By Tammy Lovell | 06:00 am | August 16, 2019
The independent medical charity in London says the system has reduced incidents of prescription error since it was introduced in April.
By Dean Koh | 09:27 pm | August 15, 2019
With more than a decade of experience as a registered nurse, Angela Ryan combines her clinical experience with her knowledge in health informatics toward the practical, meaningful and integrated use of digital health tools in Australia.
By Mike Miliard | 12:57 pm | August 15, 2019
The precision medicine company will work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to see how secure patient data can be better put to work in the development of oncology treatments.
By HIMSS TV | 09:53 am | August 13, 2019
Shared funding is an important part of creating a shared health record, which should mean that the money is utilized more efficiently, says Associate CCIO for Primary Care NHS England Masood Nazir.
By Rebecca McBeth | 06:16 am | August 13, 2019
Eight more district health boards (DHBs) in New Zealand will be assessed on their digital maturity using HIMSS Analytics maturity assessments over the next 12 months.
By Nathan Eddy | 12:31 pm | August 12, 2019
Developed to be of use to troops at forward operating bases and other remote areas across the globe, the portable hospital can be run off solar panels and provides a sterile environment for treating the wounded.