Electronic Health Records

Dr. Shafi Ahmed, CMO, Medical Realities, says that providing patients with control of their data is essential and that smartphones are an indispensable tool for empowering the patient.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust CIO Adrian Byrne discusses his organization's route to developing an electronic patient record (EPR), which involved an integration engine and standard messaging.

(Sponsored) Ali Slimani, Cerner's general manager of strategic partnerships for Middle East sales, says Cerner is aligned with IHI's "Quadruple Aim," which includes improving patient and clinician experience well as lowering overall cost of care.

In the decade-and-a-half since the startling “To Err is Human” report, it’s still hard to discern whether billions invested in electronic medical records are improving patient safety.

John Daniels, VP of HIMSS Analytics, says there is more to digitizing an organization than installing EMR functions, and discusses other adoption and maturity models including artificial intelligence, continuity of care and infrastructure.

Meshari Alwazae, manager of data and information management for King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, explains how the hospital achieved Stage 6 of the HIMSS Analytics adoption model.

When its EHR vendor wasn’t going to be ready until 2020, the IT team took matters into its own hands in a low-budget open source project that is already paying off.

Penn Medicine’s Mike Restuccia explains why instituting an end user survey is such an important, and eye-opening, step to take.

Kimberly Carrosino, senior director of identity and access management at Providence Health and Services, says hiring a partner to manage identities within healthcare systems can reduce costs, improve compliance and automate certain workflows.

Robert Wachter, MD, says healthcare is entering a new phase of its digital transformation now that EHR adoption is widespread.