By Sarai Rodriguez
June 02, 2023 – A federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Indiana is investing in a new business-focused EHR optimization for its eClinicalWorks tool, with the goal of improving EHR usability and functionality
With…
By Hannah Nelson
June 01, 2023 – More than half of hospitals are aware of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and plan to participate in the HIE framework, according to ONC analysis of…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 01, 2023 – At a recent hearing, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committees, questioned VA deputy secretary nominee Tanya…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 31, 2023 – A new quality initiative at University of Miami Health System (UHealth) aims to enhance orthopaedic care through EHR integration of patient-reported outcome measures.
Orthopaedic patients who have upcoming clinic visits or…
By Hannah Nelson
May 31, 2023 – Idaho’s statewide health information exchange (HIE) has changed leadership as its bankruptcy continues, according to reporting from The Idaho Capital Sun.
Hans Kastensmith, managing partner of consulting group Capitol Health…
By Hannah Nelson
May 30, 2023 – Health information exchange (HIE) may mitigate information discontinuity present in fragmented readmissions, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
Fragmented readmissions, defined as readmissions to a different…
By Hannah Nelson
May 30, 2023 – EHR interventions to change default dosing settings for opioid prescriptions may be feasible to implement in various surgical populations, especially if the new settings are evidence-based, according to a…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 26, 2023 – Health IT developers using Health Level Seven International (HL7) interoperability standards and guides will have increased access to American Medical Association (AMA) medical codes and descriptors through a new partnership.
AMA…
By Sarai Rodriguez
May 25, 2023 – Contexture, a health information exchange (HIE) for Arizona and Colorado, is integrating Verato’s healthcare master data management (hMDM) solution to aid in patient matching across its network of 28…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 25, 2023 – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has demanded that Denis McDonough, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary, commit to preventing cuts to staff or services at medical centers in Spokane…
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