Electronic Health Records

The department of Veteran Affairs and The Defense Department are simultaneously trying to implement Electronic Health Records. The military health system is using a customized version of the same Cerner Millennium software VA has been struggling to implement, but the DoD version is much further along.

Spokane Regional Health District, a Health District in the State of Washington had a second data breach when employees fell victim to phishing attack again.

The Department of Veterans Affairs launched its new electronic health record system at Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center in Washington.

The IG reports found new EHR sometimes failed to indicate to providers that patients were flagged as being at high risk of suicide and gave VA providers an incomplete picture of patients’ health care data. Auditors also found health care providers’ requests for patients to receive lab work through the new EHR platform didn’t always reach the facility’s laboratory.

Several federal agencies are involved in developing MaternalHealthLink, a data-sharing tool focused on maternal health.

HHS' latest brief emphasized the severity of EMR and EHR security risks and urged organizations to implement technical safeguards.

The scheme aims to empower staff for the future of healthcare.

Monongalia Health System began notifying patients of a phishing attack that occurred in October and may have exposed employee and patient PII and PHI.

American Medical Association released guidance for health app developers to help them navigate health data governance and equitable digital health data collection.

The system will be offered to IAPs 35,000 member pediatricians and subsequently to all other OPD clinics, enabling early diagnosis, specialised treatment, and superior patient engagement capabilities to prevent, diagnose, treat and manage diseases better, both in-clinic and at-home.

The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Accenture Plc, AllScripts Healthcare Solutions Inc, Amdocs, Aspect Software Inc, International Business Machines Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Salesforce.com inc, SAP SE and Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG).

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