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Substance use disorder treatment centers are notoriously behind in technology, but Kemah Palms Recovery has implemented the tracking tech and an EHR to improve outcomes and report value.
HIMSS Analytics said the Epic shop saw a return on its investment in half the expected time.
Tested at YMCA, this marks the first time a CMS Innovation Center preventative service has become eligible for expansion in Medicare.
EHR makers including Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner, drchrono, Epic and McKesson said they will embrace open specs including S4S APIs and FHIR to connect research apps to electronic health records software.
Electronic records offer chance to ensure patients' end-of-life plans aren't lost in critical momen…
EHR makers Epic and Cerner are building advanced directive features into their software to enable data sharing, an official said. Some lawmakers are looking to make directives portable while U.S. states are building databases to store them.
A new 451 Research report found 90 percent of security executives are concerned about threats and 60 percent have experienced breaches. But they also listed attracting talent and investing in security as top barriers.
CIO Craig Richardville said Carolinas has reduced its duplicate medical records error rate from 2.9 percent to 0.01 percent using the ID and authentication technology in conjunction with its master patient index.
Healthcare.gov hit with 316 security incidents and Republican lawmakers are taking HHS and CMS to t…
A Government Accountability Office report points to security weaknesses and to Health and Human Services’ incomplete information about how many people are impacted when breaches happen.
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Federal Trade Commission official have called for greater protections against and notifications of ransomware attacks – and bolstered cybersecurity for healthcare overall.
In a deal also involving the private equity firm GI Partners, the EHR maker will combine its Homecare products with Netsmart’s human services offerings.