Electronic Health Records (EHR) news and information

What it does: CTG Health Solutions is a consulting firm that works to improve implementation of electronic health-record systems, facilitating integration of EHRs, ensuring security and optimizing software management. It's part of Computer Task Group, which offers industry-specific IT...
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What it does: Imprivata helps to ensure fast and safe access to patient health information through its single sign-on authentication management and secure text messaging solutions.
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What it does: Arcadia Solutions offers healthcare consultants who help design and deliver proprietary software to hospitals, health systems and payer organizations, helping them to develop business strategies to improve the quality of care and reduce costs.
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The long-anticipated shakeout in the EHR market is underway.
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Most healthcare organizations have covered a lot of IT ground in the past four-plus years. Industrywide, we've implemented and upgraded electronic health records, made strides toward achieving meaningful use, developed plans for ICD-10, and looked to link with patients and health information...
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In response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Drug Enforcement Administration argues that the "third-party doctrine" revokes privacy protections from citizens' prescription medical records.
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There is growing concern that far fewer software developers have certified EHR systems for use by healthcare providers under federal Stage 2 meaningful-use requirements than under Stage 1.
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The Houston City Council recently approved a $1.6 million contract with Oregon Community Health Information Network, a medical records company based in Portland.
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Private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Greenway Medical Technologies in a $644 million deal that will combine it with Vista's current portfolio company, Vitera Healthcare Solutions.
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The New York State Office of Mental Health has awarded a contract to install a derivative of the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA electronic health-record system throughout its 24-hospital, 310-clinic healthcare system that provides mental health services to 700,000 people a year.
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