Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

HIPAA is inextricably linked to patient privacy, but building a trusted, long-term patient relationship goes beyond HIPAA compliance and requires a deeper commitment to keep patient PHI safe and private.

Since implementing a suite of Nuance voice recognition tools, the health system has seen a 23 percent reduction in transcription costs and 71 percent of users reporting that the quality of their documentation has improved significantly.

With telemedicine evolving, efforts are underway to provide medical care to refugees in camps using a cloud-based electronic health record built on blockchain, says Brian de Francesca, CEO of Ver2 Digital Medicine.

EmblemHealth CEO Karen Ignagni says the effort gives a glimpse into the next generation of population health.

Monash Health and Sunraysia Community Health Services (SCHS) are the latest healthcare providers to embark on EMR journeys.

The HELP Committee on Tuesday heard feedback from stakeholders about how the proposed rules from CMS and ONC should be fine-tuned for optimal effect.

Ian McCrae, founder and CEO of Orion Health, discusses how machine learning can provide medical records to physicians and nurses in a coherent manner so the data is not overwhelming.

Prof. Jane Griffiths, associate professor and chief nursing information officer at the Dubai Health Authority, says for game-changing tech to be effective, technology partners and clinical partners must be on the same page.

Agreeing to the same format for demographic data would boost patient safety, according to research from Indiana University and Pew.

Clinical and non-clinical staff of today spend too much time on things that do not interoperate, according to Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) President Dr Harry Nespolon.