Physician’s Clinic of Iowa (PCI), one of Iowa's largest, private specialty medical groups, will convert to eClinicalWorks’ comprehensive cloud EHR solution, V11, for all of its 84 providers. PCI selected the eClinicalWorks solution for its ability to seamlessly integrate within the existing hospital system, for its focus on ambulatory care and the connectivity with Carequality, an interoperability network. The eClinicalWorks solution will also help PCI streamline and improve overall efficiency
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Is Your Health Data More Safe or Vulnerable in the Cloud?
Editor’s Note: Richard Sullivan is the chief operations officer for Medsphere Systems Corporation, the solution provider for the OpenVista electronic health record.The illusion of control is tempting, even intoxicating. It’s also a common characteristic that almost all humans manifest to one degree or another as we work to satisfy competence motives, the need for security, survival instincts.Because proximity often feels like control, it might also get in the way of secure healthcare IT.“Files
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DrChrono Launches Apple Hardware Leasing Bundles for Doctors and Medical Practices
DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced that it is the first medical records company to offer Apple hardware leasing bundle plans for doctors and medical professionals to combine the power of its award winning EHR with Apple hardware. The focus of this program is to kick-off the first white glove Apple hardware concierge experience to specialize and personalize what hardware a medical professional will need to meet the demands of running a modern
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Apple Health Records Feature Is Now Available at 39 Health Systems
Apple today announced it has expanded its Apple Health Records feature to 39 health systems enabling patients to view their medical records right from their iPhone by simply updating their iOS software. The announcement comes nearly two months after launching the Apple Health Records feature as part of the iOS 11.3 beta update with 12 participating hospitals. Traditionally, patients’ medical records were held across multiple locations, requiring patients to log into each care provider’s website
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Report: EHR Integration Is the Biggest Cost Driver for Mobile Health App Development
Today the average mobile health app costs $425,000 to develop until launch including internal and external development costs as well as marketing costs, according to a recent Research2Guidance report. The report, “mHealth Economics – How mHealth App Publishers Are Monetizing Their Apps” reveals the cost of developing mobile health apps has significantly increased over the last few years with the typical project size ranging from $30k-40k to now ballooning up to several million for top apps. In
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Solutionreach Joins Epic App Orchard to Improve Patient-Provider Relationships
Solutionreach, the leader in patient relationship management solutions, announced today its platform integration with Epic. Solutionreach software can now be found on the Epic App Orchard, allowing for a streamlined experience for customers of the two companies by providing tools to improve patient-provider relationships. The App Orchard is where developers can learn about Epic's APIs and list their apps for Epic community members to explore and access.Other features of the integration include:-
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Wyoming, Medicity to Develop Statewide Health Information Exchange
Today Medicity and the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) announced its new partnership to form a statewide, medical community-owned health information exchange (HIE). This collaborative approach will allow WDH to meet the needs of its population’s health, providing physicians throughout Wyoming access to a single, de-duplicated, comprehensive Continuity of Care Document (CCD) to safely, securely and electronically share patient’s data, further identifying care gaps and streamlining quality
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Massachusetts’ Lawrence General to Implement MEDITECH Expanse EHR
Lawrence General Hospital, a 189-bed, non-profit, multi-specialty regional health system serving more than 94,000 residents in Lawrence, MA has signed an agreement to implement Expanse, MEDITECH’s next-generation web EHR platform. The implementation for the both the acute and ambulatory space is scheduled to kick off in July 2018 with a go-live date of spring 2019. Santa Rosa Consulting will serve as the implementation partner for the MEDITECH roll-out. Lawrence selected MEDTECH Expanse after
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Cook Children’s Health Goes Live on Epic EHR Across Network
Cook Children’s Health Care System has announced their go-live on Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) on March 1. Epic’s EHR system will care to patients not only at the flagship medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, but more than 60 pediatric medical offices and specialty clinics throughout the state.Epic’s rollout at Cook Children’s includes several components affecting patient families, medical staff and referring physicians. A new and improved patient portal, known as MyChart, will allow
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Medsphere Moves CareVue EHR to Amazon Cloud to Enhance EHR Adoption
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services, has migrated the company’s CareVue electronic health record (EHR) solution to Amazon Web Services (AWS).CareVue Cloud is accessible from all the most commonly used platforms, including Windows, Linux and MacOS. Deploying CareVue as a service via AWS, Medsphere can implement the solution more rapidly than with onsite deployments.The expanded availability gives
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