Meritus Health, a community focused, not-for-profit health care system based in Hagerstown, MD has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR across its continuum of care, reports Herald-Mail Media.The Epic EHR implementation is expected to cost $90M to $100M over the next five years that will improve system interoperability, connectivity with patients, access to information and data sharing. The pricey investment is expected to adversely affect Meritus' financial
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CVS Health, Cleveland Clinic Expand Clinical Affiliation for Improve EHR Communication
CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic announced that they have expanded their eight-year clinical affiliation to enhance access to care for patients throughout Northeast Ohio and Florida, and improve quality, coordinated delivery of care and health outcomes for patients. As part of the expanded relationship, CVS Health has joined Cleveland Clinic's Quality Alliance, one of the largest clinically integrated networks of providers collaborating on quality measures that focus on chronic disease
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Southern Inyo Hospital Goes Live on Medsphere’s OpenVista Cloud EHR
Lone Pine, California, based Southern Inyo Hospital has announced that it is now live on Medsphere’s Open Cloud EHR. The critical access hospital serves as the primary source of care for recreationalists visiting numerous outdoor destinations in the area, including Mt. Whitney, Death Valley and the Alabama Hills National Recreation Area. Medsphere's OpenVista EHR is an acute and inpatient behavioral health-oriented portfolio of clinical products and services. On top of public domain computer
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Deaconess Health Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Program With EHR
Deaconess Health System, network consisting of six hospitals in southwest Indiana has signed an agreement with Appriss Health to enable integration of prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) directly into EHRs. The integration via Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway managed service solution enables access to data, analytics, tools and resources from PDMPs within care team workflows in real-time, at the point-of-care, at every patient encounter, to improve patient safety and outcomes. The EHR
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Mackenzie Health Goes Live on Epic End-to-End EMR in Canada
Mackenzie Health, a Canadian-based regional healthcare provider has announced the go-live of Epic across its enterprise, becoming the first full-suite Epic EMR to be implemented in a Canadian hospital.The new EMR implementation was a two-year process that involved significant software build, consultation with Mackenzie Health staff and physicians, testing and education. Two weeks prior to the launch, over 100 Mackenzie Health staff transitioned over 15,000 scheduled appointments, including for
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Cotiviti Acquires Value-based Anaytics Provider RowdMap for $70M
Cotiviti, a provider of healthcare analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions has acquired RowdMap, a Louisville, KY-based payer-provider, value-based analytics company for $70 million in cash. Cotiviti also intends to issue an aggregate of approximately 800,000 shares of restricted Common Stock to certain employees of RowdMap as a material inducement to their employment with Cotiviti. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of July 2017. The acquisition broadens Cotiviti’s data
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eClinicalWorks Launches healow Kids App to Connect Parents with Their Child’s Pediatrician
Today, eClinicalWorks has announced its healow Kids mobile app, which helps connects parents with their child’s pediatrician. The app, which is fully integrated with the eClinicalWorks Electronic Health Record (EHR), helps parents keep track of their child’s health and progress. Through the app, parents can access health records, lab results, send and receive secure messages to the pediatrician and book appointments. "As an experienced user of the healow Kids app, both professionally and
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Health Fidelity Launches AI-Powered EHR Data Acquisition Platform for Providers & Health Plans
One of the main battles to efficient healthcare is complicated and incompatible medical records systems. Health Fidelity, a health IT startup funded by UPMC, has developed a vendor-neutral tool to solve the data acquisition problem called HF360 Data Acquisition. HF360 Data Acquisition is a flexible platform that healthcare providers and health plans can use to retrieve medical records and other patient data in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.The platform can acquire both structured
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Children’s National Health System Earns HIMSS Analytics EMRAM Stage 6 Award
Children’s National Health System recently announced that it has been recognized by HIMSS Analytics for reaching Stage 6 status on the EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), an achievement reached by only 32 percent of the nation’s more than 5,400 hospitals. Serving children and families in the Washington area for nearly 150 years, , is a renowned leader in pediatric medicine and recognized globally for the development and implementation of innovative treatments."The HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 designation
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Cerner CEO & Chairman Neal Patterson Passes Away from Cancer
Neal Patterson, co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Cerner passed away on Sunday, due to unexpected complications that arose after a recent recurrence of a previously disclosed cancer. He was 67 years old.Cerner Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of the Board Cliff Illig has been named chairman and interim CEO."This is a profound loss. Neal and I have been partners and collaborators for nearly 40 years, and friends for longer than that," Illig said in a statement. "Neal loved waking up every morning at
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