Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

The health system selected Biofourmis, which can analyze more than 120 biomarkers in real time, to extend hospital-level care to patients across Central Florida. 

The programme targets to enrol about a million patients by 2025.

It has experienced a more than 150% increase in patients and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past few years since it no longer relies on physical servers.

The EHR and integrated healthcare IT vendor was hit with the new ransomware variant, in operation since late 2021. Operations are back to normal, the company reports. 

While more data is still needed to reveal if mandated compliance programs decrease opioid prescription diversion and doctor shopping, new ONC studies show "substantial growth" in the use of EPCS and "widespread use" of PDMPs in 2021.

Colleen Lindholz, who leads 22,000 care practitioners, has bold thoughts about pharmacy-specific tools incorporated into EHRs, population health platforms for care coordination, pharmacist burnout and more.

Predictive analytics in EHRs aren't yet effective enough for clinical decision support at the point of care.

Also, the Victorian government is providing new medical equipment and upgrades to 23 health services.

Patient identity is a great weakness in healthcare infrastructure, according the physician informaticist who led the algorithm research, which is aimed at boosting interoperability and patient safety.

Toronto's hospital system announced a widespread network outage that resolved the following day. It's a stark contrast to a ransomware attack on the city's Hospital for Sick Children just a few weeks before.