Oracle this week announced that its new Clinical Digital Assistant – which features generative AI, multimodal voice and other navigation tools – is available to help ambulatory physicians streamline their clinical documentation.WHY IT MATTERSDeployed…
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the second option period for its electronic health record modernization contract with Oracle Health. It’s an 11-month extension, “with an emphasis on improved fiscal and performance…
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GeneDx, a genetic testing and analytics developer, announced this week that it is collaborating with Epic to expand access to its rapid whole genome sequencing services.WHY IT MATTERSThe focus is specifically on neonatal intensive…
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As part of its recent efforts to bolster cybersecurity resilience across critical sectors nationwide, the White House this week announced a new initiative that enlists the private sector to help small and rural hospitals…
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DirectTrust and the Digital Therapeutics Alliance announced this week that they’ll work together on an accreditation program designed to test the efficacy and security of digital-therapeutic apps and platforms.WHY IT MATTERSTogether, two groups will…
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The American Medical Informatics Association this week published the results of a new report it hopes will help move the needle on the widespread problem of excessive clinical documentation burden.WHY IT MATTERSThe TrendBurden Pulse…
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Electronic prescriptions are a safe and convenient digital version of a paper prescription. You can choose to receive an electronic prescription from your healthcare provider when you next need a prescription, or you can…
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The new U.S. Acute Care EHR Market Share 2024 report from KLAS shows one electronic health record vendor pulling well ahead of the pack as it continues to add new hospital and health system…
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Cleveland Clinic has named Sarah Hatchett as its new senior vice president and chief information officer.WHY IT MATTERSHatchett had served as interim chief information officer at Cleveland Clinic since August 2023, when the health…
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to do more to help health systems, health plans and other healthcare organizations manage the increasingly disruptive fallout…
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