Cerner and VistA EHR Systems for VA From Federal News Network March 2023 In Brief Summary 24 migrated and 54 slated to migrate to cloud Cerner went live October 2020 Congressional leaders frustrated by lack of progress Another 5-10 years expected VistA relys on MUMPs programmers, many due to retire and no new ones coming online VistA doesn’t… Read More: VA to Support Two EHR Systems Indefinitely »
Teladoc Telehealth News Teladoc said fourth-quarter revenue increased 15% year-over-year to $637.71 million, which beat average analyst estimates of $633.65 million, according to Benzinga Pro. The company reported quarterly earnings of $23.49 per share due to non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $23.26 per share. Excluding the impairment charge, Teladoc’s net loss came in at 23 cents per share versus… Read More: Telehealth News – Teladoc Historic Net Loss Reported »
AI Healthcare News From HealthCare Dive Excerpt While public opinion on AI is still evolving, knowledge about the technology also determines patients’ hesitance levels. Patients who said they have heard little or nothing about AI were more likely to be uncomfortable with their provider using them than those who said they had heard about them, the survey found.… Read More: AI Artificial Intelligence and Patient Acceptance »
VA Accessibility Problems Oracle, Cerner and the VA get taken to the woodshed in this article. Visually impaired users are virtually shut out of the systems. From Kaiser Health News via USAToday Oct. 2022 In Brief Summary Lack of magnification capability incompatible screen reader for text-to-voice Struggle to log in Struggle to enter basic information Oracle insists all… Read More: VA Accessibility Issues – Visually Impaired Patients »
EPIC EHR News More big hospitals are looking to integrate into a single EHR and EPIC seems to be the preferred option to do that. The uncertainty from Oracle, a traditional SQL database company, migrating its backend to Cerner might be one factor. A benevolent dictatorship is better than a dictatorship was one quote. Allscripts has suffered. Worth… Read More: EPIC EHR Trend – Winning More Installations »
Kiosk Privacy and HIPAA By Evan Schuman Kiosks are a highly effective way to interact with customers, but in healthcare settings, they must be handled carefully to avoid compliance, privacy and cybersecurity problems. Evan Schuman Sometimes, the mere existence of a kiosk at a certain location can itself reveal potentially protected and sensitive information. Consider a kiosk that allows patient… Read More: Kiosk Privacy Is About To Get Far More Complicated »
Hospitals Switching to Epic From Becker’s HEALTH IT Aug 2022 Noted on Becker’s today. Valley Health looks like it runs Epic currently, just not it’s own managed system. There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding Oracle purchase of Cerner. On LinkedIn there are reports of layoffs at Oracle (not formally acknowledged) and the VA morass is just… Read More: Epic EHR Gains – More Hospitals Switching to Epic »
Patient Check-in KIosk via Facial Recognition We noticed an industry first the other day as Certify is moving forward with installation of patient check-in units which utilize facial recognition. We think this the first such patient check-in for Epic EHR and a kiosk to be installed. There have been patient check-in via palm for example. Fujitsu did those… Read More: EPIC Facial Check-in Kiosk »
HIPAA Kiosks News I manage a self-service and kiosk association and we are doing a feature article on HIPAA modernization. The Cassidy/Baldwin Senate modernization of HIPAA initiative is in progress. It has the support of many companies as well as major health groups. It would be ideal to get some comments from compliance officer there. What are the… Read More: HIPAA Modernization – Open Request/Call for Input »