GPB Capital acquires Maryland-based RCM/EHR vendor Health Prime International. Weekly News Recap. Inspirata acquires Caradigm from GE Healthcare. Former IBM employees say Watson Health’s troubles stem from the company’s inability to successfully merge the assets of its acquired Phytel, Explorys, and Truven Health. The VA announces plans to create a device implant registry. Best Reader Comments. MORE

On January 10, 2019, Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money recommended that Apple buy Epic, a market leader in EHRs. As the pie chart from the study result illustrates, well over one-half of health care providers are interested in integrating SDOH data into the EHR. Revenue cycle management (RCM) is a big HIMSS theme from providers’ points of view. I found this tweet of mine from 2009 about Apple and Epic’s collaboration for a mobile EHR. MORE

Bain Capital hires financial advisors to help it assess the potential sale of RCM vendor Waystar. The EHR’s screen can be really busy and have many redundant ways of doing similar workflows. Wisconsin Public Radio covers the “My Life, My Story” project in which volunteers talk to hospitalized VA patients about their lives and enter their story into the EHR. Weekly News Recap. Cerner announces Q1 results that meet Wall Street’s revenue and earnings expectations. MORE

The in-house VistA talent that was swept out was expensive, but at least they made an EHR that worked when you turned it on. I also am on board with you as it pertains to Cerner’s terrible attempts at RCM. The EHR is a proxy for a lot of the irritants for clinicians, even if the EHR isn’t the underlying cause. Most of the 48% of US dentists that don’t use EHRs question their value and security even though they agree that it’s easier to read online than on paper. MORE

The Practice Fusion unit of Allscripts is served a criminal grand jury subpoena related to EHR certification and anti-kickback statute issues. Astria Health blames its EHR conversion and contracted RCM vendor for its Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Weekly News Recap. DocuTAP and Practice Velocity merge. Harris Healthcare acquires Uniphy Health. The Chartis Group changes private equity owners. MORE

We design a tablet-based EHR and PM, offer RCM services, and refine patient workflow. This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. DocuTAP crafts on-demand healthcare software and services that make over a thousand urgent care clinics run efficiently. Elevator pitch A better urgent care experience. Founders’ story In May of 2000, DocuTAP’s founders realized that wireless devices would play an increasingly important […]. MORE

First, HiMS’s AXiOM EHR software needed to be updated with the latest HCPCS codes for certain COVID-19 diagnostic tests, as well as CPT codes for testing purposes. MORE

Myia provides clinical teams with contextualized proactive information targeted directly into their EHR and workflow. The company’s RPM efforts include device connectivity, RPM data dashboards and alerts, patient care plans, and full integration with multiple physician practice EHR systems. Qure4u accommodates bidirectional EHR integration to review incoming RPM data and select specific information for inclusion in the EHR based on user preferences. MORE