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 [...]
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 [...]
Virtual simulation used by 65% of nursing education programs, study finds The shortage of clinical training sites for nurses is worsening by the day and healthcare organizations and hospitals keep requiring more practice-ready nurses. In this instance there is a dire need for accelerated technology adoption in nursing education and it is believed that virtual reality [...]
The age of smart homes is already upon us and while it has automated much of our daily lives, experts believe that all those gadgets and sensors can also help us with healthcare. Smart homes sensors can easily collect behavioral data and health measurements that can assist providers and healthcare specialists in improving our quality of [...]
More than half of healthcare executives are already witnessing success with encouraging outcomes and improving patient satisfaction. Also the uncertain future of the ACA is seen to be making telemedicine even more important. According to a survey, hospital executives are gradually prioritizing telemedicine for the purpose of delivering medical services as the Healthcare industry shifts to [...]
BOSTON — Chief information security officer of Health and Human Services Christopher Wlaschin said to strengthen their security posture there are three steps that hospitals should be taking today: join forces, treat your patching report like your profit-and-loss report and, at the very least, consider multifactor authentication. If you have the capability, then jump into the [...]
