At one OB/GYN practice, a patient portal drives engagement, reduces collection time
02:27 PM

Austin Area Obstetrics, Gynecology and Fertility OB/GYN has achieved across-the-board success with its patient portal. Ensuring everyone is onboard was key.

opioid crisis
02:07 PM

The nonprofit aims to press Congress for PDMP interoperability between states and more accessible data.

HHS names three new members to HIT Advisory Committee
01:42 PM

As established by the 21st Century Cures Act, the committee is tasked with creating policies, standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for health technology.

revenue cycle management
11:50 AM

Both companies have seen reach swell after high-profile mergers, setting them up to capitalize on new customer satisfaction scores.

Meditech to launch CommonWell data-sharing
01:13 PM

The EHR vendor will be one of the first alliance members to deploy Argonaut Project FHIR specs to its customers, officials say.

Cerner CEO Neal Patterson
01:06 PM

The son of Oklahoma farmers founded Cerner alongside Cliff Illig and Paul Gorup and built the company into one of the largest and leading EHR vendors.

HIMSS17 Interoperability HIE
09:17 AM

Health and Human Services policies supporting value-based purchasing rely upon interoperability and HIEs. The day-long pre-conference event will focus on coordinating these to create a learning health system.

12:10 PM

McKesson has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CoverMyMeds, a developer of electronic prior authorization technology, for $1.1 billion. CoverMyMeds has partnered with McKesson's RelayHealth subsidiary since 2010.

HIMSS16 exhibit hall floor in Las Vegas
08:18 AM

See what happened at last year's annual conference and exhibition in Las Vages, from building booths before the exhibit hall opened to Peyton Manning's closing keynote. 

Data governance analytics Dartmouth
06:25 AM

Governance isn't always fun. But it is the most important building block for a healthcare analytics strategy. How the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock are turning the tedious work into an indispensable boon to productivity.