Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Patient checks pill bottle against her patient record on a laptop
By Andrea Fox 10:52 am February 24, 2025
Three months after announcing its intention to become a Qualified Health Information Network under TEFCA, the company is now taking official steps to participate in the nationwide healthcare interoperability framework.
A doctor using a digital tablet
By Adam Ang 06:09 am February 24, 2025
A close competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now being used at South China Hospital. 
Doctors reviewing a patient's brain scan
By Adam Ang 12:58 am February 21, 2025
Also, IIT Madras recently launched a cancer genome database.
Woman asleep in hospital bed with IV in foreground
By Andrea Fox 10:35 am February 20, 2025
At HIMSS25, data experts from the health system will describe how a machine learning model integrated with their Epic EHR gives care teams patient-specific guidance to prevent falls.
Roberta Schwartz of Houston Methodist Hospital on AI computer vision
By Bill Siwicki 11:20 am February 19, 2025
Artificial intelligence forecasts scheduling changes and improves resource productivity and team coordination to increase case volumes without compromising quality and decrease staff burden. The result for Houston? A 15% increase in OR capacity.
A clinical team at Asan Medical Center in a virtual call with a patient overseas
By Adam Ang 06:42 pm February 18, 2025
The newly launched platform integrates registration, test data sharing, pre-consultation, and remote treatments.
Doctors and informatics leaders speak at a table
By Andrea Fox 11:23 am February 12, 2025
More providers are finding artificial intelligence can reduce clinician burnout and lower recruiting costs. Meanwhile, tech vendors on the frontier of agentic AI innovation are looking to healthcare as a first use case.
Girish Navani of eClinicalWorks on AI
By Bill Siwicki 11:54 am February 10, 2025
The vendor will be introducing ambient listening and medical scribe technologies, and will showcase artificial intelligence that extracts data from documents in various formats and new population health tools for value-based care.
Doctor with long hair in a ponytail sits and works on a laptop
By Andrea Fox 10:52 am February 10, 2025
Initial findings from a three-year analysis from athenahealth suggest the idea that providers' use of digital patient outreach tools increase documentation burdens is a misconception.
Sandra Johnson of CliniComp on EHR
By Bill Siwicki 12:18 pm February 07, 2025
When evaluating electronic health record systems to minimize documentation burden, usability is always the big challenge, says one informatics expert. Customization capabilities can help a lot, and so can robust and ongoing training programs.