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 ...

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 ...

Chief information officers, chief medical information officers, and other clinical and IT leaders are well familiar by now with the many challenges of implementing and optimizing new electronic health ...

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 ...

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 ...

It takes an average of 17 years for scientific evidence to reach clinical practice. While cultivating evidence to improve care guidelines is paramount, the healthcare industry is recognizing the value ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Department of Veterans Affairs this week appointed Dr. David Massaro as the functional champion for the agency’s Electronic Health ...

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 ...