Surescripts today announced that it’s expanding access to clinical records of more than 230 million patients to a growing group of clinicians across 295 hospitals nationwide. Through the Surescripts Network Alliance, more clinicians can now leverage its Record Locator & Exchange for a more complete view of patient history data directly in the EHR. Successfully delivering past care locations and summaries from outside a given region or health system remains a challenge for many healthcare
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Rankin County Hospital District Launches Cerner Millennium EHR
Rankin County Hospital District (RCHD) has implemented an integrated electronic health record (EHR) with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to support improved patient and clinician experiences. The Cerner Millennium EHR provides the hospital with sophisticated health care technology that will support RCHD doctors, nurses and staff as they work to streamline operations and improve patient care. RCHD’s new EHR is deployed through the Cerner CommunityWorks model that leverages
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How do Clinical Wearables Impact Patient Care and Quality of Life?
Health technology and clinical wearables are hot topics in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They are creating waves of excitement and talking points for debate, while also topping many of the healthcare trends of this year.One source suggests that 2018 will be the year of digital health technology, and it is quickly becoming apparent that clinical wearables are one of the most sought-after innovations when it comes to digital health. With the market growing and diversifying in
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5 Must-Have Features for a Hospital Clinical Communications Platform
According to a newly released report from Spyglass Consulting Group, 90% of hospitals surveyed are making significant enterprise-wide investments in Smartphones and secure mobile communications platforms to drive clinical transformation and address the mission- and patient-critical communications requirements of clinical and non-clinical mobile workers within the hospital and across the care continuum. Report Background/OverviewConducted over a three-month period starting in September 2017, the
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Kern Medical to Implement Cerner Millennium EHR & PHM Platform
Kern Medical, a 222-bed acute care teaching center based in Bakersfield, California, has selected Cerner to implement the Cerner Millennium EHR and Cerner HealtheIntent big data and insights platform for population health management. Kern Medical's transition to Cerner Millennium EHR is designed to support an individual’s care journey across the continuum – from the doctor’s office to the hospital and outpatient clinics – with consistent patient engagement.Kern Medical made the choice based on
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Survey: 69% of Healthcare Providers Plan to Transfer More Health Data to the Cloud
Despite the security risks, 69 percent of healthcare organizations plan to transfer more sensitive data to the cloud in the near future, according to the 2018 Netwrix Cloud Security: In-Depth Report for Healthcare. The report reveals that most healthcare providers store sensitive data, such as electronic protected health information (ePHI), personally identifiable information (PII) and financial data, in the cloud, yet only a few of them have pervasive visibility into who is accessing that
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Paperless Productivity Acquires WiseCLAIM to Expand Presence in Healthcare Claims Automation Market
Paperless Productivity, a workflow automation consultancy and systems integrator, has announced its acquisition of the WiseCLAIM platform from WiseTREND. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. WiseCLAIM was developed in response to the continued prevalence of paper CMS claims forms among healthcare payers, Third Party Administrators (TPAs), and billing services. By automating data extraction from CMS/HCFA/UB forms, it has become an integral tool for mid-market and large firms in
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4medica to Launch FHIR-based Clinical Data Repository for HIEs
In its latest offering for the health information exchange technology stack, 4medica is set to launch the industry’s first FHIR-based clinical data repository (CDR) with patient record matching; developed for patient-centered data homes and other initiatives. Scheduled for release in early summer, the 4medica CDR will also match patient records and eliminate duplicate records with powerful accuracy and speed. How the 4medica CDR advances a universal patient recordHistorically, HIEs move rather
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Chilmark Report Reveals Adoption Challenges for Patient Relationship Management Solutions
Enterprise healthcare organizations (HCOs) striving to improve patient engagement increasingly turn to solutions that can be described as patient relationship management (PRM) – but, as the latest report from Chilmark Research describes in detail, it’s much more than a rebranding of customer relationship management (CRM) for healthcare.The Market Scan Report, Patient Relationship Management: Higher Stakes Than CRM, describes why HCOs are interested in solutions that promise more targeted patient
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HGS Acquires AxisPoint Health to Strengthen Clinical Services Segment
AxisPoint Health announced it has been acquired by Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (HGS), an international leader in business process management services. Backed by HGS, AxisPoint Health will continue to operate independently and further grow its care management services, including a 24/7 nurse advice line, and powerful tools for member identification, stratification and reporting. This acquisition follows last year’s acquisition of AxisPoint Health’s software platform by Medecision. AxisPoint
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