HIMSS18 takeaway: Big Energy for Innovation, but Many Old Hurdles Still Standing By: Mike Miliard Source: HealthcareITNews.com The concept of a "post-EHR" era is one that's been explored – on this website, at least – since the beginning of 2014, if not earlier. Four years later, an action-packed...
By: Laurie Beaver Source: BusinessInsider.com Date: Jan. 25, 2018 An update to Apple’s iOS, announced Wednesday, included a beta version of its Health app that will allow iPhone users to store and share their medical records from a range of healthcare systems in the US. So far, 12 hospitals and...
By Jamie Wells, M.D. Date: November 27, 2017 Source: www.acsh.org Here’s a novel approach, appreciate and value the physicians in actual practice and watch job satisfaction soar. But, since such a long game strategy for repairing an ever fragmenting healthcare system is not the current default position, don’t be...
By: Tom Sullivan Source: HealthCareITNews.com Date: July 17, 2017 We all say them, even more frequently than we might proudly admit and, then just like that, it’s hard not to to sicken of these same phrases that were once exciting, maybe even fun to mutter. They’re buzzwords, skin-crawling...
Source: HealthDataManagement.com By: Greg Sladobkin The Department of Veterans Affairs is weighing all options as the agency decides the future of its legacy electronic health record system, including the possibility of replacing the decades-old Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) with a commercial EHR. “We need...
Source: MedGadget.com The growing trend of automation & digitalization in healthcare drives the global Electronic Health Records Market. This industry is anticipated to surpass USD 30 billion by the end of the forecast period (2015 to 2022). Need for greater efficiency, improvements in service quality, and...
Source: ITBusiness.net Date: 11/25/16 According to the report published by Grand View Research, global electronic health records market will grow at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2014 to 2020, improvement in quality of healthcare delivery services due to advanced technology tools implementation, increasing the importance of patient access...
Source: 9to5mac.com By: Ben Lovejoy Fast Company reports that Apple has acquired Gliimpse, a health startup whose stated aim is to allow any American to pull together a comprehensive picture of their health, which they would be free to share with medical professionals as desired. Our vision is...
By: Dan Mangan Source: CNBC.com Is getting your health records finally about to become as easy as booking an Uber? The Obama administration on Monday night announced a new agreement with major hospital systems and leading electronic health record vendors to make it easier for patients to access...
Source: PRNewsWire.com Date: 8/13/15 Electronic health record (EHR) refers to the electronic version of medical charts and other documents that health workers maintain for their patients. In the past two decades, the healthcare industry has witnessed a rapid adoption of EHR systems across healthcare facilities from medium...