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Hospitals in California and New York make up bulk of the list.
The rise of consumerism in healthcare has put fresh weight on public ratings programs from groups like Leapfrog, Healthgrades and U.S. News.
The EHR system provider says it will stop litigation if the VA agrees to let a skilled IT professional assess whether its platform is indeed cheaper, faster and better than Cerner.
Called MaaS, the new web-based electronic health record enables small hospitals to be up and running with the technology within six months, the company says.
At the AMA’s interim meeting over the weekend, David Barbe, MD, told group members that AMA is making progress to improve the usability of EHRs, mobile devices and interoperability.
Industry trade groups like the American Hospital Association and HIMSS are encouraged by his background in innovation and health IT.
Abilify MyCite can alert physicians when patients have – or haven't – taken their medication, given physicians hope for greater medication adherence.
The system boosted its overall rating by more than 15 points in just one quarter.
More and more vendors are introducing tools for specific precision medicine capabilities and that makes more work for hospital IT shops that support them.
But just 19 percent of LTPAC organizations have some technological capabilities of EHRs operational, report shows. Only 3 percent are using analytics to improve quality and efficiency.