By Hannah Nelson
May 17, 2023 – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has renegotiated its $10 billion EHR contract with Oracle Cerner to include stronger performance metrics and larger financial penalties, according to reporting from…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 17, 2023 – Clinician EHR documentation time went down slightly following changes to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding requirements, according to a research letter…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 16, 2023 – Non-interruptive EHR nudge interventions, such as changing choice default options, can help drive care quality improvement, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Interruptive clinical decision support (CDS) interventions can…
By Hannah Nelson
May 15, 2023 – While clinicians reported the EHR as the dominant communication modality across teams, they noted that EHR-based communication negatively affects care team well-being, according to a study published in JAMA…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 15, 2023 – While clinicians report at-the-elbow EHR training as the most useful, alternate training methods such as self-directed eLearning could present the best value for clinician time savings, according to a…
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By Sarai Rodriguez
May 12, 2023 – Community Health Access Network (CHAN) announced it will begin an athenahealth EHR implementation across its seven federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) to enhance functionality offerings for better care coordination.
“Our…
By Hannah Nelson
May 12, 2023 – The Health IT End-Users Alliance has released a consensus statement regarding collecting and using social determinants of health (SDOH) data to support health equity.
The Alliance brings together health information…
By Hannah Nelson
May 11, 2023 – Health IT vendor Luma Health has announced the integration of its Patient Success platform with the MEDITECH Expanse EHR.
As an initial member of the MEDITECH Alliance program, Luma Health…
By Sarai Rodriguez
May 11, 2023 – The West Hawaiʻi Region (WHR) of Hawaiʻi Health Systems, which encompasses Kona Community Hospital (KCH) and Kohala Hospital (KOH), is preparing to launch Epic EHR through a Community Connect…
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By Hannah Nelson
May 10, 2023 – Keeping promises related to product integration capabilities is key for health IT vendors to drive customer satisfaction, according to a KLAS report.
The report is based on data collected in…
