Banner Health has announced plans to scrap Epic's $115 million EHR system at its two Tucson hospitals that went live in 2013 and will replace the system with Cerner's EHR platform, according to the Arizona Daily Star. The two hospitals — Banner-University Medical Center Tucson and Banner-University Medical Center South was apart of the former University of Arizona Health Network that was acquired by Banner Health March 1.
Currently all of Banner Health's 28 hospitals are already live on
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PainCareOS Leverages SyTrue’s NLP Platform to Automate Incoming Referrals
SyTrue, Inc., a healthcare data-refinement company, that specializes in natural language processing (NLP) solutions to translate unstructured clinical data into actionable clinical information, announced today, a partnership with PainCareOS™ to assist pain specialists with incoming complex referral documents. This processing promises to reduce costs and overhead, improve clinical understanding, and enhance throughput. Re-use of such captured data can help empower downstream functions such as
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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Earns HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 6 Award
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of Mubadala's network of world-class healthcare facilities, has achieved the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) Stage 6 award by HIMSS Analytics. This is an international benchmark for the use of advanced IT to improve patient care.
This award places Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi among an elite group of world-class healthcare facilities that have successfully deployed a high level of health IT to improve healthcare outcomes. Cleveland Clinic
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Infographic: Taming the Paperwork Monster in Healthcare with E-Signatures
Did you know that inefficient claims processing costs the healthcare industry up to $210 billion annually? Or how about that a single discharge plan can run as long as 30 pages? Known to many as the paperwork monster in healthcare, its impact can seriously impact a healthcare company's productivity and operating budget.
To get a better sense of just how much paperwork impacts the healthcare industry, the following infogrpahic created by e-signature provider, SIGNiX illustrates:
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Google Doubles Its Health-Related Search Content to Over 900 Conditions
Earlier this year, Google introduced structured, curated, and verified health information information into its Knowledge Graph smart search algorithm. Initially, the feature was available for 400 conditions — but now Google has increased that number to over 900 conditions.
"We’re making sure to include neglected tropical diseases, a set of infections that affect over 1.5 billion people including 500 million children in poorer regions. We think it's important for people to have facts on these
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Future Role of Smartwatches in Personal Health (Infographic)
The release of the Apple Watch has heightened the conversation around wearable tech and the impact it could have in the future. One of the fields most interested in the potential benefits of wearable tech is that of medical technology. This has led to a surge in research focused on the health applications of smartwatches. Healthcare apps currently account for 4 percent of all apps on the market; however, that figure is set to explode with the rise of wearables and in particular, smart
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Salesforce Launches Salesforce Health Cloud to Build Patient Relationships Beyond EHRs
Salesforce is making a big bet in healthcare with a solution built in the cloud that empowers caregivers to connect with patients via mobile, social and other channels. Today, the CRM platform provider is introducing Salesforce Health Cloud, a cloud-based patient relationship management solution that enables providers to gain a complete view of the patient with integrated data from electronic medical records (EMRs), wearables and more; make smarter care decisions; engage with patients across
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KLAS: athenahealth, Epic Are Only Vendors with Growth & No Losses in Acute Care EMR Market
Although the number of acute care hospitals making a decision about an EMR dipped in 2014, 240 organizations still selected an EMR. According to the recent KLAS report, only three vendors--Epic, Cerner and athenahealth--posted a gain in market share in 2014. Of the nine vendors reviewed by KLAS, only two--athenahealth (formerly RazorInsights) and Epic--recorded zero clients moving away from their existing acute care EMR platforms in 2014. As part of this study, KLAS interviewed large and small
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FDA Clears Next Generation Stethoscope Eko Core
Eko Devices (Eko), a Barkely-based digital medical device startup, has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to launch Eko Core, a next generation digital stethoscope. Eko Core is the only stethoscope on the market to wirelessly stream heart sounds to a HIPAA-compliant smartphone app and the first to integrate heart sounds directly into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR), paving the way for clinicians to better address a cardiovascular disease crisis that
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Cleveland Clinic Unveils $302M Expansion in Florida
On Monday, Cleveland Clinic announced a $302 million expansion plan for Cleveland Clinic Florida that will include capital improvements to its campus in Weston, and a new clinic and ambulatory surgery center in Coral Springs, Fla. In Weston, the expansion will include the addition of three operating suites and additional inpatient hospital beds, as well as expansion of the Emergency Department and imaging and laboratory facilities. General renovations and additional parking are
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