New MedStar-AMA study points to need for performance standards for EHR usability and safety for physicians, finds huge variability in completion efficiency and accuracy. A new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) involving clinicians using electronic health records (EHRs) to perform certain common tasks provides compelling evidence that the design, development and implementation of these systems need to be improved to make them easier to use by
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Columbus Regional Healthcare to Implement Cerner Integrated EHR Across Acute & Ambulatory Facilities
Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville, North Carolina has signed an agreement with Cerner Corporation to implement Cerner's integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle solutions across its acute and ambulatory facilities. CRHS is a community owned and controlled not-for-profit organization that includes Columbus Regional (hospital), Columbus Regional Physician Network with six medical practices, Donayre Cancer Care Center, The Wound Care Center and offers advanced
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Mayo Regional Hospital to Implement Cerner Integrated EHR
Mayo Regional Hospital has selected Cerner to implement a new integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle solutions across its acute and ambulatory facilities. This agreement provides the hospital with sophisticated health care technology that will support Mayo doctors, nurses and staff as they work to streamline operations and improve patient care. With Cerner’s Clinically Driven Revenue Cycle™ solutions, Mayo clinicians will be able to view clinical and financial data in one
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Capital Region Medical Center to Implement Cerner EHR and Revenue Cycle Solution
Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) has selected Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to implement an integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management solutions to support improved health outcomes and optimized revenue functions. University of Missouri (MU) Health Care will extend its Cerner Millennium® domain to CRMC. As an affiliate of MU Health Care since 1997, the domain extension to CRMC will further the health system’s well-established collaboration
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Medsphere CEO Talks Affordable Healthcare IT and Future of EHRs
Medsphere’s Irv Lichtenwald explains why the health IT industry needs to push for interoperable EHR solutions to curb healthcare costs. Health systems are spending obscene amounts of money on EHR implementations. In 2017 alone, Mayo Clinic began implementing a $1.5 billion integrated Epic EHR system. Temple Health reported a $5.7 million operating loss largely due to higher than expected staffing costs associated with their recent Epic EHR implementation. The provider set aside $15.1 million in
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Steward Health Care System to Implement MEDITECH’s Web EHR At 8 Additional Hospitals
Steward Health Care, the largest private hospital operator in the United States, today announced it will implement MEDITECH's Web EHR at eight additional hospitals The implementation of MEDITECH's Web EHR reflects Steward's recent expansion in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. A MEDITECH customer for 19 years, Steward recognized MEDITECH as a trusted EHR source for the newly acquired eight sites. While Steward values its success with MEDITECH's legacy platforms, the multi-faceted
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Capital Health’s Specialized Rehab to Implement InterSystems EMR to Become Digital Hospital
Capital Health's Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH), a United Arab Emirates-based 166-bed specialty hospital has selected Intersystems to become a fully digital hospital. SRH will implement the InterSystems TrakCare EMR system to support the clinicians in making better informed decisions and improving patient safety.In addition, the TrakCare will also enable SRH to create a consolidated view of each patient's history on any authorized Internet-connected device.SRH is managed and operated
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Catholic Medical Center to Implement Integrated Suite of Allscripts Sunrise EHR
Catholic Medical Center, a 330-bed not-for-profit, full-service acute care hospital located in Manchester, NH has expanded its portfolio of Allscripts solutions to offer a fully–integrated suite of Sunrise EHR solutions to drive adoption of clinical decision support and improve patient outcomes. Built on an open platform with advanced clinical decision support, Sunrise provides immediate analysis and insights, extending across inpatient, ambulatory, emergency and other high-acuity care
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Optimum Healthcare IT Lands Apotti Finland Contract to Provide Epic Consulants
Healthcare IT staffing and consulting services firm Optimum Healthcare IT has been selected by Apotti in Finland to provide specialized Epic Consultants to support the Epic EHR implementation in the area’s 29 hospitals. The Apotti project is a co-operation between the local governments of Helsinki and the surrounding regions of Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, and Kauniainen, and the hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS).The goal of the Apotti project is to create a unified healthcare program that
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McLeod Health to Implement Cerner EHR, RCM, Replaces Soarian
McLeod Health, a South Carolina-based integrated delivery network has selected Cerner to implement its suite of health IT solutions enterprise-wide across seven acute hospitals and 90 ambulatory facilities, replacing INVISION® financial and Soarian clinical platforms. As part of the implementation, Cerner’s solutions and services will provide the clinical, financial and population health management infrastructure, processes and workflows to support the unique needs of McLeod Health’s more than
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