Government & Policy
Agency seeks app that enables clinicians to report safety issues within the EHR workflow.
On a call with investors, Burke praised the EHR pilot at the Defense Department and suggested those negative media reports may have involved a competitor.
Supreme Court sides with Epic and other employers over workers in the May 21 decision, with Justice Neil Gorsuch writing the 5-4 majority opinion.
Joking that he “ruined the surprise,” the President made the announcement at the White House prison reform summit Friday afternoon.
After nearly a year of speculation, the Veterans Affairs Department will implement the same EHR as the Department of Defense.
In the last four months, the agency has lost about 40 senior staffers and the lack of experienced IT leadership puts the EHR modernization project at risk, 11 Congressional members argue.
Some vulnerabilities in Philips’ Brilliance CT scanners and GE Healthcare Mobile tech could allow an unauthorized user to obtain elevated credentials and make modifications to system settings.
The report points to usability, cybersecurity, user training, help desk among reasons to delay implementation.
AHIMA, CHIME, HIMSS and others say lack of support for a nationwide patient identity strategy has stymied innovation, cost hospitals revenue and put patient safety at risk.
The final rule will override state laws to create a nationwide telehealth program to improve care access and reduce wait times for veterans.