In today’s information age, as our lives are getting increasingly digitized, health data is valuable. Health data is required for maintaining our health records, for helping physicians and health care ...

Anyone in the biz knows that you don't just put in an EMR and expect success. The federal subsidies, which require "meaningful use" of EMRs, up the ante. Still, implementations continue to fail, or at ...

"EHRs by their nature are designed to protect and keep patient data private and confidential," says Doug Cusick, CEO of TransformativeMed. Editor’s note: The following Q&A resulted from a conversation ...

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 ...

Consultant Becky Quammen of Quammen Health Care Consultants works with hospitals to implement electronic medical records systems, most recently taking Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb., ...

There is no worse feeling than arriving at your go-live date and realizing your hospital is inadequately prepared to use your EMR to care for patients, many administrators say. Here Kevin Burchill, ...

As waves of hospitals move from older methods of record keeping to new digital electronic health record (EHR) systems, many medical professionals express fears that implementing an EHR system in their ...

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 ...

ASCs that have purchased and implemented a practice management system or EHR software can take additional steps to reduce cybersecurity risk, according to an HSTpathways whitepaper. 1. Continuously ...

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

Malaysian Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that it would cost up to RM1.5B to implement an EMR system for the 145 hospitals nationwide in Malaysia over the next five years, according ...

Epic Emeritus CMIO physicians can play a valuable role when it's go-live time for health systems transitioning from legacy systems to the Epic EHR. But while a successful go-live is an important and ...