By Sarai Rodriguez
June 16, 2023 – After the initial enforcement of information blocking rules in April 2021, a considerable 42 percent of hospitals still reported observing what they perceived as information blocking.
They reported that different…
By Hannah Nelson
June 16, 2023 – HI-BRIDGE HIE has partnered with health IT vendor Innovar to improve EHR interoperability.
HI-BRIDGE HIE is an independent regional information exchange established through the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse…
By Hannah Nelson
June 15, 2023 – Clinicians primarily use emojis and emoticons in clinical text messaging to convey new and interactionally salient information, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Researchers conducted a qualitative…
By Hannah Nelson
June 15, 2023 – Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are looking to health IT to enhance interoperability with non-VA providers, according to reporting from MeriTalk.
At a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee…
By Sarai Rodriguez
June 14, 2023 – Seneca Healthcare District, a California critical access hospital, has spent the past year transitioning from an antiquated system to Cerner’s EHR.
“We’re excited to implement this upgraded system. The EHR…
By Hannah Nelson
June 14, 2023 – Mercy Health has released a Community Health Data Hub to provide public health stakeholders, community organizations, and residents access to county-level health data.
Stakeholders can download data from the hub…
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June 14, 2023 – Despite high rates of EHR adoption, challenges remain in the way of achieving meaningful and effective healthcare interoperability. While federal agencies continue to work on developing standards…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 13, 2023 – Key elements for clinical documentation integrity (CDI) customer satisfaction include strong health IT vendor relationships and flexible reporting capabilities, according to a KLAS report.
The report examines customer perceptions of…
By Sarai Rodriguez
June 13, 2023 – Public health reporting by acute care hospitals has seen significant improvement, reaching a 96 percent participation rate in 2022. This is an increase from the previous year, according to…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 12, 2023 – EHR workflow prompts increased the identification of patients eligible for lung cancer screening, according to a study published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Researchers implemented two novel EHR…
