Integrated healthcare company Encompass Health launched its 150th post-acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital linked to the Oracle Cerner EHR on June 20.
Category: Health IT
Patients losing access to physicians as telehealth access rolls back
State by state, telehealth access is rolling back as the pandemic-era emergency orders, which allowed physicians to see patients in multiple states, are lapsing causing some patients to lose access to physicians, NBC News reported June 19.
Telehealth startup launches with support from U of Cincinnati innovation lab
The University of Cincinnati Venture Lab is backing a telehealth startup focused on increasing access to healthcare for patients who lack transportation or live in rural areas.
Epic will join health data interoperability task force
Epic plans to join the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a new health information exchange network that aims to improve health data interoperability across the U.S.
Piedmont launches Epic EHR system at 5 hospitals
Atlanta-based Piedmont has launched Epic’s EHR system at five of its newest hospitals.
Virtual care is convenient, but is it better for everyone? [PODCAST]
“2022 is well underway, and we are still unclear about exactly where this virus is headed and what the lasting impact it will have had on all of us. We have self-driving cars, drones delivering food, and most of us spend our entire day on video c…
Mount Sinai is moving Epic to the Microsoft cloud: 4 things to know
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is transitioning its Epic EHR to Microsoft Azure and using the cloud service for much of its operations, CIO Kristin Myers said in an interview with CIO published June 14.
When is the best time for physicians to write their EMR notes?
Do you feel EMR charting is a burden? Do you struggle to complete your notes on time? If you answered yes to one of those, you’re not alone! Doctors spend, on average, 16 minutes in their EMR for each outpatient encounter. This represents several…
Nonprofit institute offers $50M for research into virtual chronic disease management
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is offering up to $50 million for studies showing how telemedicine can improve the health of patients with chronic diseases.
7 concerns healthcare organizations have about the cloud
While healthcare organizations are increasingly shifting to the cloud to streamline data analytics and store patient records, some in the industry are resisting the transition and even some cloud adoptees have uncertainties about it.
