EHR

Independent accreditation is essential to ensure that health technology and health organizations are compliant with HIPAA, NIST and other standards, says Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser, DirectTrust's chief strategy officer.

The new feature allows clinicians to speak their prescription orders to Suki, which then structures, codes and stages the order.   

The alliance will give providers the ability to review patients' social care history, monitor at-risk populations and track outcomes within MEDITECH's EHR.   

The aim of healow Genie is to ease the administrative burden on medical staff by providing 24/7 access to vital information via voice, text and chatbot.  

The olivia app will allow patients to aggregate their health data in a central location.

The integration gives providers access to patient data from 350 wearable devices.

Dr. Laura Jehi, the health system's chief research information officer, discusses how the Epic EHR and MyChart are helping recruit participants for research initiatives such as the Cleveland Clinic BioRepository.

Policy changes and digital innovation are helping improve healthcare access for veterans and their families, according to Jim Gfrerer, former CIO at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, who also discusses the future of healthcare.

This week's top stories include a threat brief from HHS' Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center that warns of potential cybersecurity risks of EHRs, and Sweden-based Mindler's plans to buy Medified Solutions Oy for an undisclosed sum.

This week's top stories include a class action complaint accusing QRS of failing to secure, monitor and maintain patient data after a breach that affected nearly 320,000 people, and Headspace Health's aim to improve its ability to personalize users' experiences with its Sayana acquisition.