Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

More than half of nurses say they experience burnout most days, a new survey shows, with 61% planning to change jobs or departments, seek a hybrid position, work as travelers or make other career changes.

Also, Western Australia has expanded access to its virtual emergency department.

Jeff Thomas, senior vice president and chief technology officer, tells how the move saved millions of dollars – and ended with spinning off its migration efforts into a new company, OptaFi.

It is now preparing to undergo the Stage 7 EMRAM validation.

Pressed by lawmakers about changes underway at the agency, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said the VA is addressing bureaucracy that has stymied the electronic health record modernization program.

Improved patient experience has earned the Indonesian hospital a 4.9 Google review rating, among other outcomes.

The health system's cloud migration team took learnings from the effort and spun them out into OptaFi, which offers best practices and technical capabilities for moving Epic EHR workloads from on-premise to the cloud. Sentara's CTO gives an inside look.

While "purchase energy slightly cooled" this past year, hundreds of hospitals are still searching for new electronic health records, a new KLAS report shows, and vendors that prioritize partnership and customer satisfaction are finding favor.

Automated functionalities and analytic tools are soon coming to EMC Healthcare's EMR system. 

Community Health Systems hospitals in several states experienced a loss of electronic health record data related to a maintenance issue, reports said.