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EHRIntelligence | February 04, 2020

MedStar Health, the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and Washington DC, announced it is the first health system to join Cerner Learning Health Network, a collaborative platform that connects care providers to drive clinical research. The Cerner Learning Health Network will provide participating health systems and clinical research organizations with de-identified data and resources to develop better, more efficient medical research. We are proud to be one of the first health systems in th...

EHRIntelligence | February 05, 2020

It is common to put an emphasis on the EHR vendor and implementation of new EHR technology. However, sustaining the technology and enhancing EHR usability comes down to EHR optimization.\ Better EHR usability leads to higher EHR adoption rates, fewer clinical errors, less clinician burnout, financial benefits, and improved patient safety. Per HIMSS, EHR usability is defined as “The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specific users can achieve a specific set of tasks in a...

Healthtech Security, Medical Devices

ShiftMed | January 20, 2023

On January 19, 2023, ShiftMed, an on-demand workforce platform providing labor across the healthcare system, announced a technology partnership with UKG, a provider of payroll, HR, and workforce management solutions. With this partnership, companies using ShiftMed and UKG Dimensions can access ShiftMed's 350,000+ contract workers within UKG and schedule all personnel using a single system. With ShiftMed and UKG, when a ShiftMed healthcare professional claims a facility's...

EHRIntelligence | March 31, 2020

Following the first reported cases of COVID-19, Cerner updated its EHR platform by expanding its telehealth capabilities, implementing disease screening tools, and updating its EHR dashboards. On top of that, the EHR vendor has taken additional steps to combat the pandemic by implementing telehealth solutions and waiving licensing fees for the expansion of hospital beds at health systems. This is a critical time for our clients who continue to be pushed to unprecedented limits in their heroic ef...