Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center digitally screens for childhood adversity in its Epic EHR, leading to increases in both screenings and revenue, according to an Oct. 10 report from the EHR vendor.
Category: Health IT
How Memorial Healthcare System uses social determinants of health to ‘customize’ patient treatments
Jennifer Goldman, MD, chief of primary care of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, worked with internal and external IT experts to have social determinants of health not only included in its Epic EHR system, but made it a prominent featur…
New Hampshire hospital goes live with Oracle Cerner EHR system
Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare went live with Oracle Cerner’s Community Works EHR system on Oct. 3.
Nebraska hospital transitioning to Meditech EHR
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., recently completed a Meditech mock live drill as it transitions to the EHR vendor.
Louisiana medical assistant pleads guilty to using EHR to obtain controlled substances
A former medical assistant at Mansfield, La.-based Desoto Regional Health System has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining substances from the health system, The Shreveport Times reported Oct. 7.
VA’s Oracle Cerner pharmacy module hit with outage
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Oracle Cerner EHR pharmacy services experienced an outage on Oct. 6, FedScoop reported Oct. 7.
Aspen Valley Hospital goes live with $16M Epic system
Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital went live with its $16 million Epic EHR installation on Oct. 1, according to Oct. 10 reporting in Aspen Daily News.
The focus of the internet of things (IoT) must pivot to achieve health care potential
In many ways, internet of things (IoT) is a double-edged sword: connected devices are capturing huge volumes and varieties of data that can be mined for everything from potentially life-saving health care information to guidance toward peak athletic pe…
Meditech creates two new workspaces for third-party developers
Meditech has expanded its Greenfield workspace to include two new collaborative environments that help third-party developers and customers test innovations within their EHRs.
Ro partners with National Institute on Aging to diversify clinical trial registration
Telehealth company Ro is partnering with the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to use its telehealth platform to screen patients for Alzheimer’s and dementia clinical studies.
