Despite over 96% of hospitals having an electronic health record (EHR), a recent study showed alarming levels of dissatisfaction among physicians with their current EHR systems and an increased ...

Applying traditional project management methodologies to an ambulatory EHR implementation often yields unexpected and often unpleasant results. Why? Lessons learned in Project Management Professional ...

As meaningful use Stage 2 comes to a close, most hospitals have already implemented EHRs. However, hospitals are questioning if the systems they’ve implemented are actually working to improve patient ...

Since 2008, President Barack Obama has made it a goal to cut healthcare costs in the U.S. He has offered almost $27 billion in government funds for practitioners to make the switch to electronic ...

Electronic health record (EHR) systems centralize and streamline patient data, much like customer relationship management (CRM) systems organize customer data for small businesses. EHR platforms ...

Joncé Smith, senior executive strategic advisory consultant at Stoltenberg Consulting, has more than 35 years of healthcare experience. She has a long track record of working with many healthcare ...

Demonstrating benefits to patients and clinicians will greatly drive interoperability, health information exchange and medical record digitalisation in Asia-Pacific. Dr Mahesh Appannan, Ministry of ...

Fusion, a provider of electronic health record (EHR) solutions, announced the implementation of its EHR system for the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS). Fusion is now the only EHR provider for ...

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health recently received a Epic Gold Stars Level 10 recognition, placing the health system in the top 0.3 percent of all Epic users for its EHR implementation ...

In 2013, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation decided to replace its paper records system with a Cerner EHR, which officials estimated would cost $182 million. In the three ...