The purpose of the joint VA and DOD audit was to see how well implementing the common EHR is helping data exchange between the departments and healthcare providers. The DOD and VA acquired Cerner's ...

Despite over 96% of hospitals having an electronic health record (EHR), a recent study showed alarming levels of dissatisfaction among physicians with their current EHR systems and an increased ...

Implementing an electronic health record can be a daunting task for an ambulatory surgery center, considering the capital needed to purchase hardware and software, train employees and account for ...

In a recent Hayes Management Consulting blog, Susam Vang provides 4 tips on how to involve your subject matter experts in your EHR implementation. If implementing an electronic health record (EHR) is ...

The Eye Care Center of Northern Colorado needed to implement a new EHR because its previous EHR implementation, one year prior, left staff and clinicians underwhelmed. The old EHR and practice ...

As waves of hospitals move from older methods of record keeping to new digital electronic health record (EHR) systems, many medical professionals express fears that implementing an EHR system in their ...

1. Alliance, Neb.-based Box Butte General Hospital went live with its new Meditech EHR system on May 1. 2. Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center is spending $65 million to upgrade its EHR system to a Cerner ...

Sarah Sterling, business administrator at Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco, shares insights and tips for surgery centers working to implement electronic medical records. Sarah Sterling: The ...

Revenue cycle leaders must review, update, and optimize their EHR systems regularly to ensure their efficiency over time. Revenue cycle leaders are on the hook for ensuring their organization can ...

As hospitalizations due to chronic conditions increase across the United States, attention is focusing on using data collected in electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare systems to enable ...

Applying traditional project management methodologies to an ambulatory EHR implementation often yields unexpected and often unpleasant results. Why? Lessons learned in Project Management Professional ...

The benefits of using electronic health records in behavioral health settings are many, but there are challenges, too, say those in the field. Long before meaningful use dollars were on offer, the ...