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 [...]
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the federal government that challenged the no-bid deal signed between Cerner and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the replacement of VA’s EHR platform. CliniComp, a California-based EHR developer, is the entity behind the filing of the mentioned law suit. The company said [...]
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 [...]
The contract includes services for clinics, hospitals, mental health facilities, continuing care facilities, and community health sites. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is finally ready to lay the basis for a system-wide Electronic Health Record from the Wisconsin-based EHR vendor Epic Systems. The announcement came nearly after a year of consultation with numerous physicians, medical staff, and [...]
In a move to conform to state law, Epic receives $480 million instead of $940 According to reliable reports, the EHR giant Epic Systems will now be receiving less money than it expected in a trade secret lawsuit against an Indian company, Tata Consultancy Services. Back in April 2016, a Wisconsin court jury awarded EHR vendor [...]
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 [...]
