Interoperability & EHRs

And officials say it will spend $10 billion more moving its EHRs to Cerner.

An enterprise master patient index can help a health organizations better understand their populations, but they may want some help in setting one up.

With lawsuits and data breaches a constant threat, providers need to comply with regulations while staying safe from liability.

Taking a holistic view of a patient population can help deliver more personalized care and a preventive approach to reducing healthcare costs.

The proposed Aetna takeover would put massive data and influence at its fingertips. It's just another step in CVS's long, deliberate march through healthcare.

The ONC established a digital “proving ground” that could incite sharing and greater advances.

In her ONC 2017 keynote, Seema Verma described the troubled transfer of her husband’s medical records after an emergency.

CEO Judy Faulkner rebuffed him almost instantly when he suggested that the two companies could work together.

In his ONC 2017 keynote, the national coordinator for health information technology said the industry must tackle these issues.

The health IT company won its second and third federal contracts of the year.

Only a third of Americans over the age of 50 reported speaking to anyone about possible prescription interactions in the past 2 years.

Dozens of Indiana hospitals implicated in new class action suit alleging CMS reimbursement fraud.

As the importance of big data in healthcare grows, so too will the market for cloud computing services.

What can hospitals learn from recent crises that have filled emergency rooms across the country?

“We are at an inflection point when it comes to the reductionist design process."

The VA Secretary asked Congress to reappropriate the money quickly so that the agency could achieve interoperability with the DoD.

Meditech will now offer a simple, cloud-based service to critical access hospitals.

The answer depends on which component falls under scrutiny, experts said.

Through the company's EHR partners, many US physicians may access the tool in 2018.

The company refutes the allegations, which stem from anesthesia billing software.

"This is duplicate work, and frankly we can't afford it on either end anymore."

“The numbers just don’t add up. The angles are too high on Medicare costs.”

The 4-year program aims to spur collaboration to advance biomedical research.

Fisher, a gastroenterologist, focused on infrastructure and philosophy, while her cardiologist husband, Campbell, focused more on technologies.

Why the move could help physicians, healthcare organizations, and innovators.