The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faces significant medication management challenges in its transition to the Oracle Health electronic health record (EHR) system. Deputy Inspector General David Case highlighted concerns about inaccurate medication information…
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Change Healthcare disconnects its systems after detecting a cybersecurity issue early Wednesday that has since compromised the ability of military and retail pharmacies nationwide to process prescription payments through insurance. Athenahealth customers are…
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By Hannah Nelson
February 20, 2024 – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) told members of the House VA Committee that issues with the Oracle Health EHR have put medication safety…
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In a statement to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans Affairs, the VA’s Office of Inspector General reported that if veterans have had treatment at one of five sites using the department’s…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on Monday announced that the two interoperability alliances have crossed the finish line and are now onboarded as Qualified Health Information Networks capable of nationwide…
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CMS approves the use of HIPAA-compliant secure texting platforms for sending patient information and patient orders in hospitals and critical access hospitals.
Previous guidance from late 2017 allowed texting patient information if a…
The 2024 Best in KLAS report was published this week, ranking vendor performance across multiple categories based on evaluations from their own provider and payer clients.Epic – for the 14th year in a row…
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The next episode of Digital Health Unplugged takes a look at interoperability in practice and empowering improved health outcomes through connecting care records.Brought to you in partnership with Oracle Health, usual host Jordan Sollof…
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For the 133rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about ambient clinical voice! We kick off this episode by debating the percentage of clinicians we think are going to adopt…
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The National Institutes of Health seeks $200 million in funding to replace its Altera Digital Health Sunrise system that it calls CRIS.
NIH Clinical Center CIO Jon McKeeby says that 40 of his…
