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St. Charles Madras Hospital in Oregon. Credit: St. Charles Health System

Epic go-live finally arrives for St. Charles after 2-years of prep

By Jessica Davis 07:09 am April 06, 2018

St. Charles has been preparing to go-live with Epic for two years and has spent that time getting staff on board and ready to launch.

Centegra Hospital Huntley in Illinois. Credit: Centegra Health

Centegra Health slashes ER door-to-doc times by 64% with specialty EHR

By Bill Siwicki 07:07 am April 06, 2018

The emergency department EHR enables caregivers to document with much greater speed, which helped knock down the door-to-doc wait time from 67 minutes to less than 30.

Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush is in a deconstruction state of mind

By Bernie Monegain 07:05 am April 06, 2018

A major overhaul of the company's structure, with new standalone micro-services leading to more products than are currently available, just might result in "marvelous change," he says.

IoT and medical device security is complicated.

6 things keeping CIOs up at night

By Beth Jones Sanborn 07:00 am April 06, 2018

CIOs are acutely aware of the security complications medical devices and telehealth bring.

Cleveland Clinic CIO Ed Marx

How Cleveland Clinic CIO Ed Marx helps his staff navigate change

By Mike Miliard 06:54 am April 06, 2018

The chief information officer of a world-class health system explains how he leads his team to enable more data-driven and patient-centric care delivery.

A screensnap of the VistA EHR. Credit: YouTube

The results are in: Readers say VA officials should keep VistA EHR, not sign with Cerner

By Jessica Davis 06:30 am April 06, 2018

We asked Healthcare IT News readers what they thought should come next for the VA’s EHR plan and the majority of users want to keep, and improve, the agency's software.

Patient safety check-up: Promise, progress and a need for vigilance

By Bernie Monegain 06:09 am April 06, 2018

Healthcare leaders Robert Wachter, David Bates, Leah Binder and Tejal Gandhi take the pulse of how far patient safety has come in recent decades – and point toward the work that lies ahead.

'Mad Libs' for blockchain: Fill in the blanks now to avoid mistakes before it's too late

By Tom Sullivan 07:02 am April 05, 2018

Doctors and clinicians should stake a voice in the blockchain discourse now because there are consequences for not doing so.

Michael Dulin, director of the Academy for Population Health Innovation at University of North Carolina, will be speaking at the HIMSS Precision Medicine Summit in Washington, D.C., on May 18.

Effective precision medicine demands a holistic approach, physician expert says

By Mike Miliard 06:32 am April 05, 2018

Michael Dulin, MD, who has studied the complex dimensions of personalized treatment as both a doctor and a patient, says the U.S. care delivery system has some learning to do.