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Access to Health Records: New Rules Another Step in the Right Direction

The Department of Health and Human ... transition all patient records to a new system. Technological innovations could also have much faster uptake because they could sync with all EHR systems. Not su... read more

Department of Justice Announces Significant False Claims Act Settlements Tied to Electronic Health Records Arrangements

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced two high-dollar False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions involving allegedly fraudulent arrangements tied to the implementation and use of electron... read more

Medical-record software companies are selling your health data

As doctors and pharmacies across the province have switched from paper charts to electronic medical records (EMRs), a company saw ... largely supported by grants from the ministry of health. OntarioMD ... read more

Electronic Health Records Give Way to Disasters and Dangerous Intrusions

This is what can happen when an electronic ... based MedStar Health System was hacked in 2016, it shut down the EHR system operating at 10 hospitals and 250 outpatient facilities. Hospital staff rever... read more

Two ambulatory vendors seek to consolidate the small EHR market

Ambulatory electronic health records vendor eMDs recently acquired Aprima Medical Software, another EHR company, in a bid to consolidate smaller EHR vendors. Aprima recently was rated the top small am... read more

Tampa health care software developer pays $57M fine to settle false claims allegations

Greenway is also restricted from penalizing customers that choose to transfer their data to another EHR software vendor. “Electronic health records are the central hub from which many health care deci... read more

Florida electronic health records software developer to pay $57.25 million to resolve violations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government has reached a $57.25 million settlement with a Florida electronic health records ... data transferred to another EHR software vendor without penalties ... read more

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An electronic health record ... in place to certify that electronics health records fulfill meaningful use -- in other words, to ensure that EHRs possess necessary technical capabilities and security ... read more

National Science Foundation Tackles Health IT Interoperability

“If a piece of equipment breaks, it can be switched seamlessly with a device from another vendor,” wrote ... data are included in the electronic health record.” As part of this future ... read more

EHR Vendors Seek More Time on Interoperability, Patient Data Proposals

ORLANDO — The nation's electronic health record (EHR ... varies by person. Another example of ambiguity the group seeks to get more details on involves what information the patient allows to be releas... read more