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Electronic Health Records (EHRs) | Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant

Are EHR Vendors Hackers’ Next Big Target?

by Our Thought Leaders 04/11/2016 Leave a Comment

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Editor's Note: Mark Menke is the Chief Technology Officer of Network DLP at Digital Guardian, a data protection firm. Mark has over 20 years of experience in various roles from ASIC Design to IT and Security Consulting roles. Over the course of 2015, countless data breaches occurred within hospital networks, health insurers, physicians’ offices, and other organizations in the healthcare industry. In fact, Community Health Systems, Premera and Anthem were just a few of the most notable names who
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UHS to Implement Cerner’s Revenue Cycle, Replaces Siemens Invision

by HITC Staff 04/08/2016 Leave a Comment

Cerner Acquires Siemens Health IT Business for $1.3B

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the largest hospital management companies announce it will implement Cerner’s Millennium Revenue Cycle. Cerner will replace UHS’ legacy Siemens Invision revenue cycle solution and integrate with UHS’ existing Cerner Millennium EHR and HIM functionality. The enterprise-wide revenue cycle management system, paired with UHS’ current solutions, will help advance integration between clinical and financial information for the acute care and ambulatory
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OpenVista EHR developer Medsphere Makes Interoperability Pledge

by HITC Staff 04/07/2016 Leave a Comment

Medsphere OpenVista EHR

OpenVista EHR developer Medsphere, today announced it is joining other fellow healthcare IT providers in embracing the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Interoperability Pledge for consumer access, transparency and standards. In policy and practice, Medsphere adheres to the principles of open, connected and secure data sharing among all providers. To further these goals and advance interoperability among health information systems enabling free movement of data, we embrace the following
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CHRISTUS Health Selects Nuance for Enterprise-wide Physician Documentation

by Jasmine Pennic 04/07/2016 Leave a Comment

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Nuance today announced it has been selected by CHRISTUS Health, one of the 10 largest Catholic not-for-profit health systems in the U.S., for an enterprise-wide physician documentation improvement initiative to improve how physicians work with inpatient and ambulatory EHRs with the additional benefit of improving financial performance. The implementation replaces multiple competitive systems, adding Nuance’s full suite of clinical documentation solutions including Nuance’s back-end medical
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drchrono Adds 4 Medical API Partners: Health Gorilla, Inuvio, Medisafe, Wink Health

by HITC Staff 04/05/2016 Leave a Comment

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Mobile EHR platform drchrono, announced that it has launched four new medical API partners adding new capabilities to its robust platform. drchrono’s newest API partners include Health Gorilla, Inuvio, Medisafe and Wink Health.  drchrono currently has over seven hundred developers in its program creating essential apps and solutions for the healthcare industry. In addition, drchrono has over 21 million API calls/transactions happening per quarter.“drchrono’s free API and SDK kit was built by
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Beware the EMR “Ripple Effect” on Revenue Cycle

by Our Thought Leaders 04/04/2016 Leave a Comment

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Editor's Note: David Dyke is the Vice President of Product Management at RelayHealth Financial. EHR-EMR conversions can be complicated and disruptive. So don’t make them more problematic by making unnecessary changes to revenue cycle management systems.Like any major IT system implementation, an EMR conversion can be seriously disruptive to hospital operations–and finances. In addition to the many technical and clinical considerations of these projects, hospitals and health systems typically
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e-MDs Finalizes Acquisition of Ambulatory Software Asssets from McKesson

by HITC Staff 04/04/2016 Leave a Comment

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Ambulatory EHR provider e-MDs announced it has finalized the acquisition of several ambulatory software assets from McKesson Business Performance Services in a move to boost its market share in the ambulatory EHR space. These McKesson assets include  McKesson Practice Choice™, Medisoft®, Medisoft® Clinical, Lytec®, Lytec® MD, and Practice Partner®. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition establishes e-MDs as a top 5 provider in the ambulatory healthcare market,
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University Hospitals Extends Relationship with Allscripts through 2024

by Fred Pennic 03/31/2016 Leave a Comment

Allscripts

University Hospitals (UH), a Cleveland, OH-based academic healthcare system announced it has expanded and extended its relationship to Allscripts through 2024 to enhance patient care and improve population health management. The organization will expand its Allscripts SunriseTM Clinical Manager platform in 9 hospitals that currently use the platform to include additional Sunrise modules, including surgery, anesthesia, radiology and mobility, providing a single clinical platform and integrated
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MedStar Cyber Attack Shows Need for HHS to Implement Cybersecurity Law

by Fred Pennic 03/30/2016 Leave a Comment

MedStar

The FBI is investigating a Monday cyber attack by anonymous hackers that forced MedStar Health's 10 hospitals and more than 250 outpatient centers to shut down their computers and email. After the cyber attack was discovered, the provider immediately made the decision to take down all of their systems as a precaution to ensure further security breaches.  The Washington, D.C.-based healthcare system employs more than 30,000 people and treats hundreds of thousands of patients in the Washington
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Carolinas HealthCare To Implement Epic EHR at Southeastern Health

by Jasmine Pennic 03/30/2016 Leave a Comment

Southeastern Health

Carolinas Healthcare System, a nonprofit hospital network based in North and South Carolina announced it has signed a shared services agreement with Southeastern Health to implement Epic for a single, integrated EHR. The deal will equip Southeastern with access to Carolinas group purchasing capabilities including its operational and best practices initiatives. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Southeastern Health includes Southeastern Regional Medical Center, which is licensed for
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