Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Infrastructure limitations emerge as strategic barrier to implementing advanced technologies.

Around $57 million was also invested in aged care digital reforms.

Choosing the right EMR software for your business involves identifying the right features, understanding benefits, assessing software pricing, and evaluating considerations before making the final purchase.  

Dr. Steven Lane, chief medical officer at Health Gorilla and a HIMSS25 Changemaker Award recipient, says that, even as progress has been made for interoperability over the past 10 years, broader data sharing through TEFCA is still in its early stages.

It aims to consolidate access to digital health records across regions.

Robert Slepin, chief digital officer at SE Health and an emeritus CIO adviser at Epic, describes the key aspects of digital transformation that provider organizations need to understand, the primary technologies involved and how to best organize such a comprehensive effort.

While the department says the contracts are "non-mission-critical or duplicative," several of those canceled in March were for veteran-owned businesses that were focused on the safety and integrity of the ongoing electronic health record rollout.

First Databank's technology resides within electronic health records and can offer clinicians guidance on issues such as patient-specific dosing and possible drug interactions, explains Virginia Halsey, the company's SVP of strategy.

A new tool researched at Regenstrief Institute aims to help get symptom assessment data integrated into EHRs and incorporated into clinical workflows.

Innovaccer, Veradigm and other companies are integrating real-time healthcare data, analytics and artificial intelligence-enhanced workflows into payer and provider systems to improve patient outcomes and care delivery.