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23% Of Providers Use Epic, But VA EHR Is Tops For Satisfaction
Nearly a quarter of physician providers with an EHR are currently using Epic Systems, according to data from the 2014 Medscape EHR Report, but the wildly popular interface doesn’t get anywhere near the highest marks for user satisfaction. That honor goes to the VA-CPRS, the EHR used by the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs, with Epic left languishing in seventh place behind several of its most significant competitors...
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EHR Replacement: Addressing Data Ownership And Migration
In many cases, an EHR replacement ends up being even more complicated than an initial implementation. Clinicians now have a laundry list of complaints about the first system and may be vocal in demanding specific changes that a new EHR must include.
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Federal Prisons Seek Advanced EHR, Clinical Decision Support
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is looking to replace its basic EHR with a more robust commercial offering, according to a request for information (RFI) posted on FedBzOpps.gov this week. The BOP is specifically looking for clinical decision support capabilities to serve its 219,000 federal inmates and more than 400 physicians at its standard prisons and advanced care facilities...
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Mental Health Providers Want Patient Tracking, All-In-One EHRs
For the 33% of mental and behavioral health providers who are still entirely paper-based, integrated practice management and EHR software is at the top of the wish list, according to a new report from Software Advice...
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Will Watson Help Solve The Mystery Of The Missing DOD EHR?
As the Department of Defense edges closer to choosing one lucky vendor to support its planned department-wide EHR system, IBM is doing some strategic shifting of its own by adding technology from its Watson supercomputer to its federal health care repertoire. With a new request for information (RFI) released by the DOD, asking for details about infrastructure requirements to replace its aging ALHTA system, the department is putting a contract valued around $11 billion up for grabs.
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