Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of electronic health records (EHRs), announced its OpenVista EHR system will be used at Pontiac General Hospital.

Nearly 84 percent of non-federal acute care hospitals had adopted a basic electronic health records (EHR) system with notes through 2015, an increase of 8 percentage points from the year before

A pilot program that promotes easy, quick sharing of medical notes aims to improve patient engagement and education at three hospitals with 105 primary care physicians and 13,564 patients.

Farzad Mostashari spoke to Politico’s “Pulse Check” podcast, where he pointed out some problems with regulation in healthcare.

Cerner Corporation released its earnings report for the first quarter of 2016, announcing revenue increased when compared to the first quarter of 2015 but fell short of projections.

Healthcare industry observers shouldn’t be surprised that electronic transactions have become more and more commonplace. What might raise an eyebrow, though, is the claim the industry could save as much as $8 billion a year by converting to fully digital processes for transactions.

The federal government is working to implement a payment program that is "more flexible, outcome-oriented and less burdensome," according to a blog post written by National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, and Andy Slavitt, acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Mayo Clinic is calling its Epic implementation "Plummer" in an homage to Henry Plummer, MD, who is credited with forming the core unified medical record infrastructure of the organization, reports The Post-Bulletin.