Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

But only half of consumers think EHRs make healthcare safer, according to a new survey by HealtheLink.

Optimal clinical documentation could go a long way in improving research, education and patient safety.

VA Secretary Shulkin said the agency plans to replicate the DoD EHR to create a single common system that will be implemented in 48 phases over the next 10 years.

Data from electronic health records combined with other technologies like analytics can help pinpoint patients at risk and encourage caregivers to intervene before a fall occurs.

By weeding out low-priority messages and training clinicians how to optimize their inboxes, hospitals have helped enable more face time for quality care.

Vynca, PIC-SURE and Information Softworks emerge from a crowded field with new strategies for probabilistic record matching.

NHS Digital has announced that it plans to launch a new open application programming interface (API) lab in partnership with the INTEROPen collaborative. The initiative will bring together developers from the industry and NHS Digital to speed up developments of open source APIs. This will improve integration between the NHS and social care, says NHS Digital, addressing problems around information exchange for clinicians and patients. The lab will be located in Leeds and it is expected that contributors will work on a pro bono basis. All the APIs developed will be open source, building on the FHIR standards from HL7, and they will be made available through an open source licence. NHS Digital says the lab will open towards the end of this year, with interested parties invited to get involved in order to shape governance principles. Richard Kavanagh, Head of the initiative at NHS Digital, said: "I'm really excited by the API Lab's potential to drive forward work on a number of significant open source APIs. By partnering with INTEROPen we will be able to create APIs even faster, delivering real benefits for the health and care system.” INTEROPen brings together individuals, representatives from the industry, standards organisations and health and care providers that want to accelerate development of open standards for interoperability in the field, focusing on data exchange and validation and defining APIs. The INTEROPen board said the new lab will help the community build the ‘methodology for taking a service need through to first of type implementation using open standards adopted by supplier members’.

While Epic and Cerner lead in ambulatory, Thornberry, Homecare Homebase, MatrixCare, and Practice Velocity come out on top in their respective categories.

The joint partnership between University of Missouri and Cerner with St. Louis-based SSM Health will make seamless transfer of data easier for participants.

The company said more than half of U.S. physicians and nearly two-thirds of patients will now be able to view information about benefits and drug costs to make decisions together during office visits.