Woman’s Hospital is a 168-bed hospital located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the largest specialty hospital for women in the U.S., today announced it is now live on MEDITECH Expanse Point of Care (POC). Expanse POC, a fully integrated component of the EHR, harnesses the full power of the nursing solution into an intuitive, handheld workflow with the full capability to view charts, document, and provide safe medication administration at the patient’s bedside on a small, handheld device, giving
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Imprivata Extends EPCS Support to Google Chrome for MEDITECH EHR Customers
Health IT company Imprivata, today announced that Imprivata Confirm ID, a comprehensive solution for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), now supports EPCS within the Google Chrome Web browser. This makes Imprivata Confirm ID more accessible to MEDITECH customers as the best option for ensuring a fast, seamless, and fully compliant EPCS workflow for their prescribers.Growing Importance of EPCS for MEDITECH HospitalsIn response to America’s national opioid abuse epidemic, the
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Healthcare M&A: Agfa to Consider Selling Health IT & Integrated Care Business
Last week Agfa announced its Board of Directors would investigate the sale of part of Agfa HealthCare, specifically, the business tied to its EMR and integrated care offerings. The facts are:· In March 2019, Agfa initially stated that it would further extend the independence of Agfa HealthCare.· It has now expanded on what this could potentially look like, stating it will explore selling is Hospital IT and Integrated Care solutions.· In terms of its reportable business this is largely the
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Jellyfish Health Integrates with MEDITECH EHR to Optimize the Patient Journey
Patient experience platform Jellyfish Health announced it has formed a collaborative relationship with EHR vendor MEDITECH to optimize the patient journey. The collaboration was formed as part of the recent deployment of the Jellyfish Health platform at Meadows Health in Vidalia, GA.Meadows Health chose Jellyfish as its digital patient experience technology to simplify various processes for inpatient and outpatient services. With new technology touchpoints and direct patient communications,
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KLAS: Allscripts Continues Trend of Sunrise & Paragon Losses in 2018
In terms of EMR purchasing, 2018 was the busiest of the past three years. This energy impacted every market sector, with the US government finalizing contracts, three large health systems changing EMRs, and the small-hospital market continuing to see churn, according to a new KLAS Report.The KLAS annual report, “US Hospital EMR Market Share 2019,” is based on acute care EMR purchasing activity (i.e., executed contracts) that occurred in the United States from January 1–December 31, 2018. KLAS
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MEDITECH Launches Professional Services Division to Optimize Expanse EHR Implementations
EHR vendor MEDITECH has announced the new formation of its Professional Services division designed to optimize its cloud-based Expanse EHR platform. Led by Executive Vice President, Hoda Sayed-Friel, these professional services will complement the company’s Expanse implementation program known as READY.
MEDITECH Professional Services Offering Tracks
MEDITECH Professional Services two tracks consist of:
1. Implementation Professional Services: On-premise Project Management Leadership,
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MEDITECH Expanse EHR Unveils Labor and Delivery Solution for Nurses
MEDITECH Expanse Enterprise Health Record (EHR), today announced the launch of Expanse Labor and Delivery solution to help ensure that the transition is safe and seamless from labor through postpartum care. Developed to bridge any gaps between prenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care, the Expanse Labor and Delivery solution allows clinicians to review the complete patient story across the care continuum, while improving patient handoffs, mitigating patient risks, streamlining workflows
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Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Goes Live on Mobile Physician Query Solution
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) announced today that MSLC is live on Artifact Health's mobile physician query solution to improve workflow for its clinicians and expedite the accurate coding of patient records. Artifact was able to accommodate the hospital’s requirement to implement, integrate with Meditech’s EHR system and go live within four weeks.Optimizing the Physician Query Process for PhysiciansTraditionally, the query process is onerous and time-consuming for physicians, clinical
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MEDITECH Expands EHR Subscription Offering Beyond Critical Access Hospitals
MEDITECH’s EHR subscription offering is now available to organizations beyond Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
EHR vendor MEDITECH, today announced MaaS (MEDITECH as a Service) is now available to community health systems. Offered initially to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), larger community health systems now have the opportunity to utilize MaaS and the many benefits that come with a cost-effective subscription to MEDITECH Expanse.
Meditech MaaS Subscription Overview
MaaS is a
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DrFirst Launches CURES 2.0 Integration Through MEDITECH EHR
Today, DrFirst unveiled its new integrated solution which enables easy access via MEDITECH EHR to California state databases to red-flag opioid ‘doctor shopping’ and reduce overall drug abuse. This newest initiative in DrFirst’s long-time fight to end the opioid epidemic is point-of-care technology that seamlessly connects MEDITECH’s EHR system and California’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP).Importance of CURES 2.0 integrationThis new CURES 2.0 integration is critical because it
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