Symptom Checker Feature Has Been Added In To Mychart Patient Portal By Epic, Mayo Clinic.
Symptom checker functionality has been added into the Epic’s MyChart portal by Mayo Clinic and EHR vendor Epic Systems. Patients can use the symptom checker feature to measure common conditions such as migraine, swelling, anxiety, dizziness, cold or flu. Based on algorithms, Mayo’s symptom checker is based on the data entered by users. It covers more than 300 common symptoms [...]
Experts Believe Old Legacy Devices Pose the Greatest Security Risks
Medical device hacking is a concern that is growing continuously, While ransomware is still the most significant healthcare security risk. Last week, The Department of Homeland Security issued a detailed warning about vulnerabilities in Medfusion's Syringe Infusion Pump. Today in Boston, the speakers described many problems inherited in defending older legacy medical devices against new security threats At the HIMSS Media [...]
Epic’s New Record-Sharing Tool to Solve Interoperability Problems
Epic Systems Corp has announced to release a digital tool ‘Share Everywhere’ which will allow patients to share their medical records with any health care provider provided they have an Epic EHR. The announcement is seen as a huge step toward the ever-elusive digital exchange of medical information. Share Everywhere will allow patients to grant access to their medical data [...]
What’s The Difference Between an EMR and an EHR?
EHR and EMR are two terms that are being used interchangeably in the Health IT industry, yet these two terms are not the same. An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is the digital version of a medical chart, displaying health information of a patient, which could be stored in a computer. An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the digital record of [...]
Pros and Cons Of Investing In A Cloud-Based EHR System
Clinicians have been using Electronic Health Records (EHR) for quite a while, but one question they can’t get over is whether a cloud-based system is better than an on-premise or not. Cloud-based systems may be comparatively new in the market but their benefits are immense. Not only they are economical, but they can also be accessed from anywhere and at any [...]
