Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for physicians and patients, announced that it is partnering with Wolters Kluwer Health to integrate the Medi-Span core drug database impacting more than 4 million e-prescriptions per month sent by Practice Fusion’s 112,00 active medical professionals.. The medical professionals that use the Practice Fusion EHR will now have access to the latest medication information and recommended dosages when they e-prescribe medications to patients.
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KLAS: 25% of Small Practices Feel Stuck With Their Current EMR
More than one-quarter of providers at small practices (1–10 physicians) feel stuck with or plan to leave their current EMR vendor, according to a recent KLAS study,"New Leaders in the Small-Practice Market: Ambulatory EMR Performance 2015 (1-10 Physicians)." Providers cited poor usability, missing functionality, and unreliable vendor support as their primary frustrations with their EMR solution.
For the report, KLAS spoke with more than 750 small practices (1-10 physicians) to understand
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BJC HealthCare Chooses Epic for Integrated EHR
BJC HealthCare and the Washington University Faculty Practice Plan has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR for BJC's hospitals and employed physicians. The decision was made after an extensive and thorough twelve-month process that included surveys, demonstrations and site visits. The new EHR system will incorporate clinical documentation from all areas of patient care into a single database for greater ease of use, better accuracy and timeliness, and the
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Allscripts Embeds Elsevier’s CPM Framework Into Sunrise EHR
On Monday, Allscripts announced it is embedding Elsevier's CPM Framework into Allscripts Sunrise EHR to to support clinical decision at point of care. The collaboration strengthens coordination of patient care capabilities in the Allscripts Sunrise EHR, the core of the solution Allscripts and CSC exclusively proposed to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the $11B DoD EHR Modernization project. DHMSM seeks an open EHR solution that is interoperable between a wide range of public and private
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CMS Extends EHR Attestation Deadlines for EPs to March 20
On Wednesday, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it has extended the EHR attestation deadline for eligible professionals (EPs) to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program 2014 reporting year from Feb 28 to March 20. The extension will allow providers extra time to submit their meaningful use data.
The extra time also allows EPs who have not already used their one “switch”, to switch programs (from Medicare to
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Allscripts, Cerner, Epic Among Finalists for $11B DoD EHR Contract
The Department of Defense has narrowed the bids for the $11B DoD EHR Modernization Project to three finalist teams, which include EHR vendors Allscripts, Cerner and Epic. PricewaterhouseCooper's bid with Google, DSS, Inc., MedSphere Open Source EHR and systems integrator General Dynamics Information Technology was eliminated by the DoD, according to Politico. Also, the smaller team Intersystems Trak Care was eliminated from the competition.
A posting to FBO.gov, confirmed the DoD was
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Black Book Rankings Toughens EHR Survey Standards To Avoid Intentional Bias
Black Book Rankings announced on Friday that its EHR survey standards will be rigidly audited to remove ballots cast by provider organizations that serve as the resellers, VARs and/or channel partners. Black Book’s recent survey inspection of the nearly 29,000 EHR user ballots collected from Q3 2014 to Q1 2015 discovered 33 hospital resellers casting EHR satisfaction and loyalty responses for 740 physician practices. This discovery prompted supplementary audits and an extended resurveying phase
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Epic Plans to Launch Its Own App Store
Verona, Wis.-based EHR leader Epic Systems is planning to launch its own app store called the "App Exchange", similar to Apple's iTunes store that would allow developers to create apps that integrate with Epic's EHR platform, Wisconsin State Journal first reports. Mark Bakken, co-founder and former chief executive of Nordic Consulting, the largest consulting firm working with customers of Epic first broke the announcement Tuesday during a luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network.
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Practice Fusion EHR Integrates with CoverMyMeds’ Integrated EPA
CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest prior authorization (PA) network, and Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for doctors and patients, today announced a partnership that will bring CoverMyMeds’ integrated electronic prior authorization (ePA) functionality to Practice Fusion’s 110,000 medical professionals who manage more than 100 million patient records. The integration will enable practitioners on the Practice Fusion platform to submit ePAs for medications to health insurance plans within their
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Lehigh Valley Health Network to Spend $200M on Epic Install
Allentown, PA-based Lehigh Valley Health Network will spend $200 million to implement Epic's EHR system over the next four to six years, The Morning Call reports. The Epic implementation will start with the networks outpatient offices on Feb. 18, comprising more than 200 sites. The $200M price tag covers Epic's EHR software, hardware, data conversation and project team personnel to support the roll out. The new Epic system will replace more than two dozen existing legacy systems including GE
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