Surescripts is joining forces with five EHR companies (Allscripts, Aprima Medical Software, Cerner, Epic and GE Healthcare ) to provide Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Prior Authorization. Representing 53 percent of the U.S. physician base, the partnership will leverage information from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) CVS Health and Express Scripts, who represent nearly two-thirds of U.S. patients, to deliver patient-specific benefit and price information to providers in real time at the
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The Value of EMRs: Broken Promise or Unintended Consequences?
Editor's Note: Justin Campbell is the VP at Galen Healthcare Solutions, a professional services firm helping healthcare clients migrate from paper to electronic health records. Prior to joining Galen, Justin served as the IT Director for a long-term care pharmacy, leading a paperless initiative, the migration of the Pharmacy Information System (PIS) from a legacy platform, and the integration of the PIS to the pharmacy’s packaging system.In the world of healthcare many are tempted to believe in
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Sen. Alexander: Getting EHRs “Out of Ditch” Is Critical to Future of Medical Innovation
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that “electronic health records are a critical piece to the future of medical innovation” during the first oversight hearing on the 21st Century Cures Act. Today, the committee held the first oversight hearing on the 21st Century Cures Act, which became law in December 2016 and was called “the most important legislation” of the year by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.“Last December, we passed the 21st Century Cures Act,
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drchrono Launches Specialized EHR for Urgent Care Practices
Mobile EHR provider drchrono Inc. has announced the launch of drchrono UrgentCare, a specialized EHR and practice management solution for urgent care practices. The new Urgent Care EHR features include: prebuilt charting forms for common urgent care conditions, macro text shortcuts that expand to speed up urgent care charting, online scheduling, a virtual waiting room queue with patient wait times, iPad Kiosk waiting room self check-in, mobile app patient self check-in, urgent care patient
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drchrono Integrates With Patient Relationship Management Suite NexHealth
NexHealth, a patient relationship management suite used by doctors across the US - announced a new API integration with mobile EHR provider drchrono. Healthcare providers who use both services will immediately notice a simplified experience, in which each technology is aware of and responds appropriately to the other.When patients book appointments through NexHealth, for example, their provider’s drchrono calendar will instantly reflect the appointment details. This eliminates needless manual
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Catholic Medical Center to Implement Allscripts Population Health Platform
Catholic Medical Center, a Manchester, NH-based 330-bed not-for-profit, full-service acute care hospital has selected Allscripts to implement its population health management platform, CareInMotion. The agreement includes the purchase of Allscripts Care Management, Allscripts Care Director, CarePort Guide, CarePort Connect and CarePort Insight that will allow the provider to focus on population health and transitions to a new model of integrated care.Allscripts CareInMotion is a comprehensive,
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Medsphere Systems, Stockell Healthcare Merge to Form Leading EHR/RCM Solution
Medsphere Systems Corporation and Stockell Healthcare Systems today announced an agreement to merge the two companies, uniting under one banner a subscription-based OpenVista EHR system and suite of proven revenue cycle management (RCM) tools. Financial details of the merger was not disclosed and is expected to officially close later this month.As part of the merger, Stockell will become a division of Medsphere and continue to use the Stockell name. Medsphere and Stockell are well integrated
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Holy Name Medical Center to Implement CareCloud’s EHR/PM Across 35 Ambulatory Practices
Holy Name Medical Center, a Teaneck, NJ-based not-for-profit healthcare organization has selected CareCloud to implement its EHR and practice management across 35 ambulatory medical practices. Holy Name has a history of developing their hospital health technology in-house and currently has a team of computer scientists and engineers, who support a proprietary EHR system for their inpatient services.Holy Name has seen rapid growth through its physician network, Holy Name Medical Partners and
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Zocdoc Integrates With Allscripts EHR Via API to Improve Real-Time Booking for Patients
Online medical care scheduling service Zocdoc has announced integration with Allscripts EHR via API to improve both the real-time booking experience of patients and syncing capabilities for providers. Now offered through Zocdoc’s participation as an Integrator in the Allscripts Developer Program, the integration is available for new and existing practices using both Zocdoc and Allscripts.Zocdoc allows patients to find and book directly into providers' schedules, helping to improve access to care
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New Study Reveals EHR-Related Malpractice Suits On The Rise
More than 90% of hospitals and 80% of physicians' offices now have electronic health records (EHRs) – and while the digitization of medicine has improved patient safety, it also has a dark side. Today The Doctors Company, the nation’s largest physician owned medical malpractice insurer, published a new study showing that EHR-related malpractice suits are on the rise. The study reveals that claims in which EHRs are a factor grew from just 2 from 2007 through 2010 to 161 from 2011 through December
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