Epic Systems has been reportedly hit with a serious False Claims Act suit which claims the Healthcare IT giant’s billing system double bills the government when it comes to anesthesia services. The motioned lawsuit was made public last week and it claimed that there was a glitch in the system that was actually causing hundreds of [...]
EHRs have evolved over the years. A decade ago, almost nine out of ten healthcare providers in the U.S. were managing patient’s health records by hand. The feat was difficult and they had to keep color-coded files to make sure that everything made sense. Thankfully, the HITECH Act of 2009 was there to help US clinicians [...]
Most people are well aware of the difference between an EHR and EMR, but now there is a new extension for EHR in the market and it is being called a CHR. Community Health Record (CHR) is a bit like an EHR and a personal health record. It has a few components of an EMR as [...]
Most people are well aware of the difference between an Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR), but now there is a new extension for EHR in the market and it is being called a CHR. Community Health Records (CHR) is a bit like an EHR and personal health records software. It has a [...]
The US Health IT market for EHR/EMR systems is generally dominated by a group of large EHR companies such as Cerner and Epic Systems. These companies are producing excellent EHR solutions for all sorts of medical practices and large hospitals, but there are other vendors in the market who are offering quality EHR/EMR systems at far [...]
Massachusetts-based medical organization UMass Memorial Health Care is gearing up for a system-wide Epic go-live on October 1. This is a part of a 10-year project which is expected to cost over $700 million. Commenting on this, UMass Memorial President and CEO Eric Dickson said, “Anytime you spend $700 million on something at a not-for-profit, it [...]
The new technology aims at enhancing interactions between providers and patients to reduce physician burnout and both boost consumer experience. Massachusetts-based multinational computer software technology corporation Nuance Communications has unveiled an artificial virtual assistant that has been designed specifically for healthcare providers and their patients. Before this, the IT Company has developed artificial intelligence virtual assistants [...]
The company says doctors will be able to use the software to access best practices. Hospitals can use this new tool to access analytics and to understand and manage test ordering trends. Mayo Clinic in collaboration with National Decision Support Company has announced a new clinical decision support tool that enables clinicians to access clinical guidance [...]
Wisconsin-based Agnesian Healthcare has sued Cerner for fraud and breach of warranty. The healthcare organization has claimed issues in its billing software that caused it a loss of over $16 million. The hospital stated that the said issues have also damaged its reputation and has claimed $200,000 a month in damages. Agnesian Healthcare started using Cerner’s [...]
Patients records to be accessed through iOS devices by a network of half million physicians and clinicians. Doctor-patient communication is vital for effective and successful healthcare initiatives. A healthy communication between the receiving and giving ends of healthcare can really improve the overall health of the country. This is precisely why, commendable initiatives are being taken [...]
