Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

The "outcomes-driven" strategy for the rest of this decade is focused on key goals: boosting access to electronic health information, improving the patient experience by prioritizing health equity and modernizing public health infrastructure.

Because a high-risk flag had been inactivated in the hospital’s new Oracle electronic health record, clinicians did not evaluate a veteran's mental health and medication restart request, contributing to an overdose seven weeks after a missed appointment.

In an update on several looming regulatory deadlines, the HIMSS Electronic Health Records Association said it asked ONC for enforcement discretion on a December 1 deadline.

The advantages of working in rural healthcare, including speed to market in developing and testing new programs, outweigh the challenges, says Dr. Priscilla Frase, Ozarks Healthcare CMIO and 2024 Changemaker Award recipient.

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou has been revalidated for Stage 7 EMRAM and scored its first Stage 6 INFRAM validation.

CliniComp's system-as-a-service EHR model reduces costs through its subscriptions, provides an accurate, accessible longitudinal patient record and enables faster deployment of new features, says Sandra Johnson, SVP, client services at CliniComp.

Robert Slepin, a longtime IT exec at provider organizations who's now a top consultant at Epic, discusses his role, and how it helps the company prioritize problem solving in electronic health record deployments.

Building on the ongoing collaboration with Nuance, providers can use DAX Copilot conversational, ambient and generative artificial intelligence to draft clinical notes during in-person and telehealth visits.

The anchor exhibitor featured performance improvements, pre-built clinical quality analytics and more to help increase reimbursement and enhance care. Oracle Health EVP Seema Verma shared insights on AI's potential, interoperability under TEFCA and more.