Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

A new automated patient-messaging link with electronic health records is designed to help community health centers address uncontrolled diabetes without increasing the workload of overburdened staff. 

Many healthcare providers are missing opportunities by believing digital transformation isn't for them. But with cost and margin pressures rising, health systems should reevaluate the long-term value proposition, one consultant says.

Also: Pfizer says it is partnering with healthcare organizations to develop a new digital health platform that provides access to same-day care, prescriptions and vaccines for COVID-19 or the flu.

Using National Cancer Institute data, researchers at HHS looked at how recently diagnosed individuals and those in survivorship accessed electronic health information and also compared frequency against those never diagnosed with malignancies.

The health system has invested in automating documentation, but AI chief tells WSJ he's not comfortable using AI for clinical decision-making.

The project recently concluded its first phase of implementation, which involves enabling access to My Health Record.

The health system is already seeing benefits with reductions in clinician burden, its CIO says, and hopes the AI voice tool can broaden patient access while boosting cost efficiencies.

Epic is applauding the move, and says it expects that all of its clients nationwide will be live on the exchange framework by the end of next year, via its Epic Nexus qualified health information network.

At the HIMSS24 Europe Interoperability Showcase, a sample use case demonstrated how Italians can share health records across its multiple regions thanks to the country's adoption of international data standards.

This follows recent integrations of e-prescriptions and real-time prescription monitoring into its EHR.