The American Hospital Association is backing legislation that would require the HHS, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to study the expanded use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Category: Health IT
Top 5 vendors for health system practice management EHRs, per Black Book Research
Here are the top five EHR vendors for integrated practice management for health systems, as ranked by Black Book Research.
Stanford health IT exec joins leaders from Highmark, Kaiser, Epic on Sequoia Project board
The Sequoia Project, an EHR interoperability project that counts Epic and the American Medical Association among its founding members, has named a health IT leader from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care to its board.
Telehealth usage among consumers in '22: 7 things to know
Telemedicine adoption by Americans has reached 80 percent, becoming the preferred method of prescription care and minor illnesses, according to a Feb. 21 report from Rock Health.
CommonSpirit Health a model for social determinants data sharing via EHRs: ONC
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has robust data sharing and collection to address social determinants of health in the communities it serves, ONC said in a new report.
Hogwarts in Wisconsin? Epic's campus designed after 'Harry Potter'
EHR vendor Epic’s headquarters in Verona, Wis., is complete with castles, wizards and dragons, WIProud reported.
Teladoc earnings hit $637M for Q4
Teladoc said fourth-quarter revenue increased by 15 percent year-over-year to $637.71 million, according to the company’s fourth quarter earnings released Feb. 22.
Amwell retains Northwell Health, Elevance Health; health system contracts rise 13%
Amwell retained key clients including New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and payer giant Elevance Health and grew its health system contracts by 13 percent in 2022, the telehealth company said in a fourth-quarter earnings report and call.
VA may further delay Oracle Cerner EHR rollouts because of academic affiliations
A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official said the rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR could be delayed further because of its research functionality and academic affiliations, FedScoop reported Feb. 22.
COVID-19-driven drop in cancer screenings didn't lead to spike in cases, Epic finds
After scouring more than 373,000 diagnoses in EHRs, researchers at Epic found that the COVID-19-induced drop in cancer screenings did not lead to a significant spike in breast, cervical or colon cancer cases.
