Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)
With as many as 40% of kids in the U.S. dealing with a chronic condition, one chief medical officer says digital and connected health tools should be put to work improving care for vulnerable infants and children.
Several years in the making, involving nearly 30,000 caregivers and more than 6,000 support personnel, the massive effort will help the health system streamline care through a unified patient record, says its CIO Robert Eardley.
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The company said four hospitals are live on a new, full-service OCHIN Epic system, and that it is onboarding five more across six states.
The decision comes following a successful pilot at the Subiaco Hospital.
It is launching a data collaboration lab with Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks.
The use of telemedicine technology that lends itself well to combination with in-person care is bringing many benefits to the family clinic of Dr. Richard Tytus.
Also, Orion Health has integrated Pieces AI for automatic patient summaries generation.
Also, South Korea takes a further step to enable health data interoperability.
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The company sent patients data breach notifications explaining that names, Social Security numbers and PHI may have been compromised as part of a global cyber campaign that has snared more than 2,000 organizations to date.
The technology will lay the "groundwork for future healthcare innovations," says the hospital's CIO, with a scalable network able to support in-home remote patient monitoring and AI-enabled specialist prioritization.
