EHRs / Interoperability

A Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society subsidiary recognized Richmond Hill, Canada-based Mackenzie Health for its EMR initiatives.

Although the majority of hospitals have adopted EHRs, a "digital divide" has arisen between hospitals that have implemented advanced functions and those that have not, according to a study published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Appriss Health and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency, which manages the state's prescription drug monitoring program, have teamed up to integrate the state's controlled prescription information into an EHRs and pharmacy management systems across the state.

Pew Charitable Trusts called on the ONC to emphasize patient matching and data standardization in its interoperability framework, according to the group's Aug. 25 letter to ONC head Don Rucker, MD.

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, both based in Boston, has awarded nearly $200,000 to four EHR vendors to improve behavioral health workflows. 

CliniComp, a San Diego-based EHR provider, filed a lawsuit Aug. 18 against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over the department's decision to tap Cerner for its systemwide EHR in a no-bid contract in June, according to the Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.

St. John's Medical Center in Jackson, Wyo., will deploy the cloud-based Cerner Millennium CommunityWorks EHR.