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Athenahealth, b.well announce patient-led health data sharing workflow
The new point-of-care workflow introduced by athenahealth and b.well Connected Health aims to "kill the clipboard," as directed by CMS's health tech ecosystem initiative.
The Sequoia Project releases best practices for patient data access
The Sequoia Project is seeking feedback on its draft best practices for reducing barriers to patient access to health data.
Epic's AI Charting goes live
Seven healthcare organizations have implemented Epic's AI Charting tool since it was announced in August, with more going live in the coming weeks.
VA to pour $1B into EHR upgrades
As part of a historic, nearly $5 billion investment in modernizing VA health facilities, the department will spend $1 billion to update its EHR systems.
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Healthcare Strategies: A Podcast
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Latest News
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Epic, health systems file lawsuit alleging HIE exploitation
The lawsuit details a scheme in which health organizations are using HIE interoperability frameworks to access and use patient health records for financial gain.
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KLAS: Health data sharing improves, yet interoperability still lacking
KLAS' EHR Interoperability Overview 2025 highlights three areas in which challenges are holding back data sharing in healthcare.
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Survey: A third of U.S. hospitals are early adopters of genAI
GenAI adoption varies across U.S. hospitals, with factors such as predictive AI use, EHR vendor and type of hospital impacting adoption rates, per a new survey.
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Texas AG sues Epic over health data, 'monopolizing' EHR industry
In addition to arguments about alleged anticompetitive behavior, the Texas AG is suing Epic Systems for parental access to minors' patient portal accounts.
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Physicians cite ongoing barriers limiting EHR access to outside patient information
A new study shows the majority of physicians still don’t report true interoperable data availability in the EHR.
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Athenahealth unveils new 'AI-native' EHR capabilities
The company's AI-native clinical encounter aims to reduce clinician burden by automating documentation tasks and providing clinical decision support at the point of care.
Features
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Boosting health record sharing in rural areas through TEFCA
By participating in TEFCA, Bryan Health aims to improve trust in sharing EHR data and boost interoperability in rural communities.
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AI, interoperability to reshape health IT infrastructure in 2026
Health IT leaders share top infrastructure priorities, including cloud migrations, data governance and security.
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New Texas HIE agreement aims to end decades of data silos
A historic pact between Texas HIEs establishes bidirectional admission, discharge and transfer data exchange.
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How Epic, Humana are automating insurance verification
Are we finally doing away with physical insurance cards and manual entry?