What You Should Know:As electronic medical record (EMR) adoption grows worldwide, healthcare organizations considering this digital transformation all have the same question: what benefits can we really expect to receive from implementing an EMR?KLAS interviewed…
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The UK vice president and general manager of Oracle Cerner, Distie Profit, has said that the NHS should never treat the implementation of electronic patient records (EPRs) as IT projects and instead should view…
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Top News The VA pauses its Oracle Cerner implementation indefinitely until issues at its live sites are resolved. It also says “everything is on the table” as it negotiates the scheduled five-year extension of…
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The Health Equity Roadmap launched by the American Heart Association’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity has surpassed the 1,000-member milestone in its first year. The roadmap aims to address systemic racism and promote…
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At HIMSS23, a new public-private collaboration was launched to promote understanding and effective implementation of the HL7’s Bulk FHIR standard. The coalition of health systems, payers, and government agencies aims to spread insights and…
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Consumerization is a buzzword in the health IT space today as companies such as CVS and Amazon alter consumer expectations around how they want to engage with healthcare. With an influx of digital solutions,…
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Healthcare providers are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their revenue cycle management (RCM). A solution on everyone’s radar is Artificial Intelligence (AI), a powerful tool that can help healthcare providers streamline…
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CHICAGO – At HIMSS23 this week, a new public-private collaboration was launched to help enable wider understanding and more effective implementations of a key interoperability spec.WHY IT MATTERSOn Monday at the HIMSS23 Interoperability and…
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By Hannah Nelson April 19, 2023 – Clinicians using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR system experienced a five-hour service disruption on April 17, 2023, according to an internal VA briefing note obtained by…
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This study aimed to validate four clinical prediction models (CPMs) for identifying serious infections (SI) in children in ambulatory care. The four CPMs tested were Feverkidstool, Craig model, SBI score, and PAWS. Results showed…
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