Electronic Health Records
Seamless interoperability with MHS Genesis will enable development of better treatment plans between VA and DoD physicians – and could help prevent veterans' suicides, which Shulkin says is his "top clinical priority."
EHRs are essentially multi-million dollar products that capture data, but what hospitals really need is decision support information that reduces the possibility of physician errors to improve patient safety, expert says.
After weeks of speculation about where the agency will land, The U.S Department of Veterans Affairs has chosen Cerner to replace its ailing VistA electronic health record. For many, including Black Book, the news wasn't a surprise. Many expected them to choose Cerner since the vendor is already working on modernizing the health record for the U.S. Department of Defense. But others thought the VA had a real chance to advance interoperability had it chosen a different off-the-shelf product.
[Also: VA picks Cerner to replace VistA; Trump says EHR will fix agency's data sharing 'once and for all']
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When the Department of Justice and Office of the Inspector General find one vendor out of compliance, it’s only natural that they widen the scope to look at others in the same sector. Here’s what hospitals need to know now.
But the backup options included sticking with the vendor and taking the free upgrade.
Bart will also teach at Pitt’s school of medicine and work as intensivist at UPMC’s children’s hospital
Every hospital should be thinking about protecting their data today even if they use a different electronic health record software.
While the EHR vendor’s clients face tough choices, and the company itself may emerge looking different than it does today, the quagmire reveals hard realities that all hospitals have to grapple with.
While evolving technology is paving the way, high drug costs, limited interoperability and physician skepticism need to be overcome.
Black Book and Chilmark say a host of electronic health record vendors stand to benefit if existing eClinicalWorks customers jump ship.