What's next for Allscripts-McKesson? Innovation and interoperability will be key

"One month after Allscripts announced it would purchase McKesson's hospital IT business for $185 million, there are still plenty of open...

Epic CEO Judy Faulkner: "Why do you want your medical records? They’re a thousand pages of whic

"Epic CEO Judy Faulkner asked Biden during an (until now) private meeting between EHR executives and administration officials, “Why do...

Epic, Cerner hold 50% of hospital EHR market share: 8 things to know

Here are 8 things you should know about who owns 50% of the hospital EHR market share. -Becker's Health

Researchers: Meaningful Use legislation led to a 'substantial change' in EHR adoption

"An incentive program established under the HITECH Act in 2009 was a primary driver behind EHR adoption in hospitals across the country,...

Amazon has a secret health tech team called 1492 working on medical records, virtual doc visits

"Amazon has started a secret skunkworks lab dedicated to opportunities in health care, including new areas such as electronic medical...

Lawyer's 'Inadvertent' E-Discovery Failures Led to Wells Fargo Data Breach

"Potential damages from malpractice claims arising from e-discovery errors could include the amount of legal fees needed to remedy any...

GAO finds further proof patients are fed up with portals, EHRs

"Just one-third of patients offered visibility into their health data took advantage of it, according to a recent report, which offers...

Eye on Oversight - Electronic Health Records

A recent video released from the HHS on Electronic Health records. Watch it here or view the original video here.

Audit Logs, And What They Are

This article written by Dean F. Sittig, PhD describes the definitions and intricacies of audit logs for their use in litigation. Included...

A Pandora’s Box: The EMR’s Audit Trail

“Since the audit trail is available and saved with nearly every patient, the question in medical malpractice cases no longer is whether...

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