Epic Systems, today announced the launch of their new "One Virtual System Worldwide" initiative to ensure clinicians across all organizations using Epic can not only exchange more data, but can interact with each other on that data.The One Virtual System Worldwide initiative consists of three parts: 1. Come Together: Epic finds patient records and brings their data together from Epic organizations, organizations that use other EHRs, government, and networks.2. Happy Together: MyChart patient
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Major Health Partners to Implement MEDITECH Web EHR
Major Health Partners, a leading healthcare provider for patients from central and southeastern Indiana, today announced that they will extend their 22-year partnership with MEDITECH and implement their MEDITECH Web EHR system. The decision was made after a year-long, detailed assessment of Enterprise Health Record (EHR) solutions available in the marketplaceMajor Health Partners, who partnered with MEDITECH in 1995 to implement the MAGIC platform, was one of the first hospitals in Indiana to
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Nordic Acquires The Claro Group’s Revenue Cycle Transformation Practice to Expand Beyond Epic Consulting
Nordic, an health IT consulting services firm has acquired the revenue cycle transformation practice of The Claro Group, LLC to expand beyond its Epic-focused consulting business. For Nordic, the acquisition complements Nordic’s foundation as a leader in Epic revenue cycle solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Managing Directors Cathy Smith and Shannon Yasseri will continue their roles from The Claro Group leading a complementary set of
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OptimizeRx Expands Partnership with Allscripts for Real-Time Clinical Messaging
OptimizeRx Corp, a provider of digital health messaging, has expanded its partnership with Allscripts Healthcare which now includes a variety of real-time messaging to Allscripts ambulatory platforms. The agreement includes financial, informational, and clinical messaging delivered at the point-of-care through Allscripts ePrescribe, Allscripts Professional EHR and Allscripts TouchWorks EHR solutions.Allscripts’ EHR and ePrescribing (eRx) network totals more than 180,000 physicians across 45,000
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Cerner Appoints Brent Shafer As Its New CEO & Chairman
Cerner, today announced that it has appointed Brent Shafer as its new CEO and chairman of the board of directors, effective February 1. Cerner Co-Founder Cliff Illig, who has served as interim CEO and chairman of the board since July 2017, will resume his role as vice chairman of the board, effective February 1.Previously Shafer served as the CEO of Philips North America where he oversaw the largest market of global technology provider Philips. Philips North America’s health technology
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Arcadia Healthcare Integrates Aggregated Data Into MEDITECH’s Web EHR
Enterprise EHR vendor MEDITECH has announced a collaboration with Arcadia Healthcare Solutions to integrate aggregated data into MEDITECH's Web EHR and Analytics solution for improved population health management. This integration is a major step forward in the blend of MEDITECH's enterprise clinical database, which spans across the healthcare continuum, with claims data, other-vendor EHR data, and additional Arcadia-derived elements. MEDITECH chose Arcadia based on its leadership position as a
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Innovaccer Launches EMR-Integrated Point of Care Solution for Physicians
There is an epidemic of physician burnout in the US healthcare landscape. It has a pervasive negative effect on all aspects of medical care with complex nature of EMRs arguably being the major reason for it. For many physicians, the current state of EHR technology is dividing physicians' focus with information overload, data entry, and less on value-based care.To that front, Innovaccer is launching Innovaccer InAssist, a point-of-care tool for physicians which smartly integrates with a
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Why Mobility Is The Secret Sauce of A Truly Effective Urgent Care Practice
For urgent care clinics, efficient patient care remains the critical goal to provide the best possible care to the largest possible number of patients in the least amount of time. Imagine being able to walk from room to room in your urgent care clinic with only an iPad loaded with custom forms which can handle anything that might happen that day. This is what a truly mobile EHR looks like, and in a dynamic medical environment like an urgent care clinic, it’s more necessary than ever. If your
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Allscripts to Acquire Practice Fusion’s Physician Practice EHR for $100M
Allscripts has reached a definitive agreement to acquire cloud-based EHR platform Practice Fusion for $100 million in cash, subject to adjustment for working capital and net debt. Founded in 2005, Practice Fusion offers an affordable certified cloud-based EHR for traditionally hard-to-reach small, independent physician practices, supporting 30,000 ambulatory practices and 5 million patient visits a month.The strategic acquisition of Practice Fusion will complement and round out Allscripts
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Looking Ahead: 4 Healthcare Cybersecurity Predictions for 2018
Fortified Health Security, a provider of healthcare-focused information security, compliance and managed services recently released its annual Horizon Healthcare Cybersecurity Report. The Horizon Report reviews Fortified’s predictions for 2017 and how they fared against reality, while providing a summary of lessons learned during the past year.2017 TrendsIn 2017, Fortified conducted a security risk analysis, OCR mock audits, HITRUST certifications and strategic security planning for the majority
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