Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the HIStalk crowd. I wish you the joys of the season!
Morning Headlines 5/17/19
Local Investment in Training Drives Electronic Health Record User Satisfaction
A large clinician survey finds that training is the #1 predictor of positive user EHR experience.
Joint Commission will give accredited hospitals real-time access to their quality measures that are submitted via its ECQM reporting process.
VA’s Byrne hints at acceleration of health record upgrade
Acting VA Deputy Secretary Jim Byrne tells lawmakers at his confirmation hearing that the possibility of shortening the Cerner implementation timeline will become a strong possibility once its initial operating capabilities are assessed.
Citing personal reasons, Haven COO Jack Stoddard tenders his resignation.
The VA’s Cerner system has been running for 2 years at the DoD ioc sites. Its operating capabilities have been assessed twice and received a FAIL both times. Starting to think this is a chess piece in the move to privatize VA … make it so broken that the only option is to pull the plug on the whole thing.