Electronic Health Record

electronic health record (EHR) solutions have become increasingly mainstream, but the ever-changing landscape will require them to continually evolve.

The urgency and devastation around the COVID-19 pandemic have supplanted the very real concerns about the coming “Silver Tsunami’s” impact on our nation’s healthcare and long-term care industries. ...

Patients who are Black are more than twice as likely as whites to have stigmatizing language in their EHR, according to a new study. This record is passed along, possibly reinforcing stigma to other healthcare...

By now, most can agree that going electronic is a necessity of doing business, especially in the health care setting.  Among other uses, electronic health records (“EHR”) often provide for the ability...

An attempt to encourage reduced use of anticholinergics failed to win the attention of physicians and patients, according to a new study.

Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...

Sound sleep may counter genetic risk of heart disease and stroke … Healthy diet could save $50 billion in cardiometabolic health care costs … Partnership aims to identify flu vaccines for elderly nursing...

Interoperability questions delay contract for VA electronic health record … Missing CO nursing home resident found dead after six-month search … Prescribed exercise program delivers strength...

NEW ORLEANS — With both electronic health record use and litigation on the rise in the long-term care space, providers need to understand how best to secure their data in order to avoid stepping into...

An electronic health records vendor accused of paying kickbacks and selling its software even though it wasn’t certified will pay $155 million to settle legal claims.