Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

IEEE Fellow Chenyang Lu shows where artificial intelligence can be deployed clinically to improve patient outcomes – and discusses the challenges and future of AI throughout healthcare.

Healthcare organizations with fewer resources could use the new free and open-source tools to validate any artificial intelligence model and monitor its ongoing performance. "This is your cookbook," says Corey Miller, Epic's VP of R&D.

The Productivity Commission has flagged the poor usability of the system despite substantial uptake from consumers and health professionals.

Launching telemedicine from within the patient portal – which enables the health system to get electronic signoff on certain documents – is a big boon for compliance and efficiency.

Integration with the Clear identity platform in electronic health records enables the Georgia health system to roll out streamlined patient registration and on-site check-ins via selfies at kiosks.

Also, an approval management functionality has been added to NSW's real-time prescription monitoring platform.

Its new survey of inpatient purchasing finds Epic as the only vendor to increase its net market share in 2023 – gaining 153 new hospital clients and now covering more than half of acute care multispecialty beds nationwide.

Sarah Hatchett, who had been serving as interim chief information officer since August 2023, will take on the role full time.

To gain insights into population health risks from aggregated data across multiple systems, the Electronic Health Record Association asks CMS to ensure risk standards are well defined under IPPS before expanding domain capture requirements.

The IT developer says its latest update gives specialty providers, including women's health practices and urgent care centers, the ability to configure electronic health records to their specific needs, reducing administrative burdens.