Ninety one percent of consumers believe that innovation will positively impact healthcare over the next five years, with a large portion saying that the patient-physician experience will benefit the most from innovation, according to a recent Klick Health survey of 1,012 adults, conducted by Maru/Matchbox. Specifically, almost half of respondents said innovation will help physicians better treat and diagnose patients, with another 20% saying that it will help patients and their loved ones
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eClinicalWorks Adds TeleVisits Functionality to EHR-Integrated App Healow
eClinicalWorks’ TeleVisits is now live on the company’s healow mobile app. This feature is integrated within the eClinicalWorks comprehensive EHR system and supports workflow, clinical research and improves patient satisfaction with access to care whenever and wherever it’s needed.Available on Android or Apple, healow is a fully integrated solution that closes the loop between providers and their patients when they are away from their physician offices. healow Hub brings patient-recorded data
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Cerner Lands VA EHR System Contract: 6 Things to Know
EHR provider Cerner Corporation has been awarded the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) contract to implement the Cerner Millennium EHR system. “I have decided that VA will adopt the same EHR system as DoD, now known as MHS GENESIS, which at its core consists of Cerner Millennium. VA’s adoption of the same EHR system as DoD will ultimately result in all patient data residing in one common system and enable seamless care between the Departments without the manual and electronic exchange and
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eClinicalWorks to Pay $155M for Falsely Meeting Meaningful Use Certification
Westborough, MA-based eClinicalWorks has agreed to pay a $155 million to the federal government for civil fraud and kickback charges. Both the government and the whistleblower alleged that eClinicalWorks falsely represented to customers that its EHR system complied with Meaningful Use requirements. The settlement marks the first time an EHR vendor is being charged for the truthfulness and accuracy of representations made when seeking government certification of its EHR system and the government
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MEDITECH Signs 5 New Clients to Implement Ambulatory Web EHR
EHR provider MEDITECH has recently signed five new organizations, representing 16 new hospitals to implement its clinically-integrated Web EHR system. MEDITECH’s Web Ambulatory is a complete web chart that gives physicians instant access to all patient records and relevant information across the continuum, in one place. Since the launch of the ambulatory Web EHR, over 130 healthcare organizations have signed for MEDITECH's latest release.MEDITECH's Web EHR can improve physician productivity.
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Kno2 Integrates with BlueStrata EHR to Enable Secure Electronic Patient Document Exchange
Kno2, the company that optimizes patient document exchange for everyone in healthcare, today announced a partnership agreement with BlueStrata EHR, a developer of affordable, cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) clinical and financial EHR solutions for the long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) industry. BlueStrata EHR will integrate Kno2's interoperability platform into its EHR to enable swift, secure exchange of patient documentation between hospitals and their LTPAC provider clients. The
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Rush Health Launches Health Information Exchange for Clinicians
Rush Health, a Chicago-based leading clinically-integrated network of physicians and hospitals has successfully launched the first phase of their new health information exchange powered by InterSystems HealthShare. The HIE named Rush Health Connect will enable more than 1,1000 physicians and 300 clinicians to share information from different EHR systems. The partnership of Rush Health with Ready Computing and InterSystems leverages technology to improve health outcome and, quality of care, and
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KLAS: 5 Crucial Factors to Consider When Choosing A Health IT Consulting Firm
Editor's Note: Warren Whitford is the Market Research & Sales Director at KLAS Research. His areas of research focus at KLAS include healthcare management consulting, HIT consulting and value-based care transformation. Many providers are reevaluating their EMR and other IT system options as they look to upgrade from solutions that are obsolescent or being phased out by the vendor, and to advance new capabilities like population health, business intelligence, and telehealth. Providers look to
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Survey: 88% of Clinical Leaders Believe Clinical IT Solutions Contribute to Burnout
88% of clinical leaders believe clinical IT solutions contribute to burnout, and 76 percent cite improved collaboration with IT as the solution, according to a recent survey. On the IT side, 64 percent contributed burnout to a lack of resources and budget constraints. The recent survey of 124 clinical and IT leaders at hospitals and healthcare organizations in a study by Vocera Communications and HIMSS Analytics, reveals 91 percent of IT leaders say that they and their teams are somewhat to
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LogicStream Raises $6M to Expand Clinical Process Measurement Platform
LogicStream, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of Clinical Process improvement solutions has raised $6 million in Series B funding led by Noro-Moseley Partners with participation from existing investors. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to expand its technology platform, sales, and marketing teams.Founded in 2013, LogicStream allows health systems to standardize processes, understand how care delivery impacts clinical outcomes, and drive clinician adoption. With self-service
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