Today, the U.S House of Representatives passed a federal spending bill that will fund the government through September 30, 2018. The bill offers several benefits and a few setbacks for the healthcare industry's providers and payers. Containing significant changes to those proposed by president...
The HIMSS18 Global Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas has wound up. In the latest issue of Healthcare IT News, Mike Miliard gives us an overview of the hot topics of the week. Acknowledging that the post-EHR era has fully arrived, he writes, "There was the...
Healthcare IT News reports that Apple's new patents, as well as Amazon's lab research, could make them major players in the digital healthcare industry. ...
Epic Systems and CVS Health have announced a plan to reduce drug costs for patients and improve health outcomes by offering prescribers lower-cost alternatives to expensive medications. The article at EHR Intelligence also includes two additional updates: * Allscripts integrates new API-enabled patient scheduling solution * Clinerion adds...
Cerner, athenahealth and eClinicalWorks have announced that they will integrate new data types, such as social determinants, population health and precision medicine to make EHRs more “comprehensive.” Read what the company representatives have to say. ...
Epic plans to move beyond Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to Comprehensive Health Records (CHRs), which will offer doctors an extended range of patient data, including what people eat, how long they sleep, if they are obese or thin, and whether they are lonely -- all...