Extraordinary advances in technology have opened up previously unthinkable possibilities for the healthcare industry and improvements in patient care. Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of many health IT advancements in recent years, and they prove to have a significant impact on both providers and patients alike. While an EHR optimizes workflow efficiencies for providers, it also enables a more comprehensive view of a patient’s health. By pulling together data points and health
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Epic Selects Lyniate for Integration within Epic Garden Plot Offering
What You Should Know:
- EHR leader Epic has selected Lyniate, a provider of healthcare data interoperability, for integration within its new Garden Plot Software as a Service (SaaS) model for independent medical groups.
- Garden Plot takes on hosting, support, and ongoing configuration and updates so providers can focus on their patients.
Garden Plot Offering Overview
Garden Plot is a new offering for independent medical groups that
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athenahealth Improves Care for Transgender & Non-Binary Patients
What You Should Know:
- athenahealth launches new capabilities in athenaOne, the company’s cloud-based suite of electronic health records (EHR), healthcare billing, and patient engagement solutions, to help eliminate barriers that transgender and non-binary patients face when receiving healthcare.
- The new functionality enables more accurate and comprehensive recording and display of patient information – including the name used, pronouns, and gender identity, in addition to legal name
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Analysis: US Ambulatory EHR Market Shake-Up at HIMSS 2022
During, and in the run-up to, HIMSS earlier this month there were several announcements from US EHR vendors that will shake up the US EHR market, particularly in the ambulatory segment. These included:
- Allscripts’ announcement that it is to sell its Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal, dbMotion, STAR and HealthQuest business to Harris Computer Corp.
- Meditech’s announcement that Expanse Ambulatory is to be made available to independent and physician-owned practices, alongside its
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Nuance Integrates DAX Tech with Cerner EHR to Optimize Clinician & Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
- Nuance and Cerner announced that they have expanded their collaboration to integrate the Nuance® Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) system into the Cerner Millennium EHR.
- The collaboration deepens the existing integration of Nuance and Cerner technologies and is expected to help manage administrative workloads that lead to clinician burnout, expand access to care for patients, and enhance healthcare outcomes with clinical
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RevSpring Expands Integrations with Cerner
What You Should Know:
- RevSpring expands patient engagement and payment solution integrations with Cerner, broadening RevSpring’s platform of omnichannel and payment solutions to boost payment performance and patient satisfaction.
- Now more than 1,500 Cerner customers can access several of RevSpring’s solutions without friction – including customers such as Ohio-based Fisher-Titus, a leading rural hospital, that signed an agreement to implement two RevSpring products to coordinate all
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MEDITECH and Google Health Partner to Embed Search & Summarization in Expanse EHR
What You Should Know:
Today at HIMSS22, MEDITECH announced a new collaboration with Google Health that will embed Google’s search and summarization capabilities within the Expanse EHR.
- This functionality builds upon the integrated, longitudinal record inherent in Expanse by pulling forward discrete information from legacy and disparate systems and filling gaps in information for a more holistic view of a patient's record.
Rich Longitudinal Health Record to Enable Care Teams to
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Tift Medical Integrates Sepsis Monitoring with Cerner EHR to Improve Early Detection
What You Should Know:
- Clinicians now access Wolters Kluwer’s real-time sepsis monitoring alerts within Cerner EHR at Tift Regional Medical Center.
- POC Advisor’s highly accurate alerts and guidance are automatically delivered to the point of care to improve sepsis patient outcomes.
Wolters Kluwer, Health today announced that Tift Regional Medical Center, the flagship hospital of Southwell, a Georgia not-for-profit health system, has integrated POC Advisor, its sophisticated sepsis
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MediQuant® DataArk Awarded Project to Archive All Military Health Records
What You Should Know:
MediQuant®, a provider of enterprise active archiving and conversion solutions, has been selected by the US Defense Health Agency (DHA) to help consolidate all clinical data across the Military Health System as it transitions to a new enterprise electronic health records (EHR) platform by 2024.
- The contract to deploy MediQuant’s DataArk solution for the DHA “Genesis” rollout was secured by ECS, a leading provider of science, engineering, and advanced technology
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Validic’s Integrated RPM Platform Now Available on Epic App Orchard
What You Should Know:
- Validic today announced that its remote patient monitoring (RPM) platform, Validic Impact, is available on the Epic App Orchard.
- Through the App Orchard, organizations using Epic can easily integrate Validic's solution into their existing user workflow.
Platform-First Approach to RPM and Condition Management
Validic Impact takes a platform-first approach to RPM and condition management. Clinicians and care teams leverage streamlined workflows and access to
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