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Every hospital should be thinking about protecting their data today even if they use a different electronic health record software.
Not only telehealth, but cloud-based EHRs and remote monitoring connectivity could all be affected by regulation rollbacks, Health Affairs says.
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.
Complacency is not an option where malicious individuals can take advantage of application and infrastructure vulnerabilities to access protected health info.
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.
As part of a landmark settlement, the EHR vendor must transfer client data to rival EHR companies for free.
Ahead of the Executive Leadership Summit at the King’s Fund in London on 18 October, HIMSS UK Chief Medical Officer Mark Davies tackles the issue of ‘patient-centred care’ versus ‘place-based care’ and the role of digital capabilities.
Misplaced records, medication module errors, flawed lab results tracking and security issues should have been taken more seriously, Brendan Delaney says.
As if the hefty settlement fine execs had to pay wasn’t enough, the vendor also has to offer free upgrades, transfer customer’s data to rival EHR vendors for free, and employ an independent personal watchdog.