Providers often voice concerns and frustrations with EHRs, so how can the industry fix those issues? The Pew Charitable Trusts and Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality ...

Use of an advanced EHR system could reduce patient safety events, according to research from Carnegie Mellon and the ECRI institute, which examined patient safety outcomes due to advanced EHR ...

If your organization uses Electronic Health Records (EHRs), the recent updates to the SAFER Guidelines (Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience) are essential for helping you assess the potential ...

As one of the provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT contracted with the Urban Institute to develop a reporting program collecting information ...

I've expressed concern before that ONC paints a Pollyanna portrait of its success. So I found its recent issue brief on health IT and patient safety refreshing. Yes, it's a very rosy picture on how ...

The Office of the National Coordinator today released the final rule for the ONC Health IT Certification Program, which gives the agency more direct oversight of the health IT testing labs. The rule ...

Customizing electronic health records to focus on quality and safety initiatives is complex and time-consuming, as Baylor Scott & White Health found in developing EHR fields to track evidence-based ...

Throughout the healthcare system, initiatives to promote patient safety, improve outcomes and report consistently on quality metrics are gaining considerable momentum. Many states have required ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Department of Veterans Affairs is prioritizing the successful deployment of its new electronic health record system before it ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking tentative steps to restart deployments of its beleaguered Oracle Cerner Millennium ...