While unsanctioned AI tools are likely causing great consternation for CIOs/CISOs, the industry has a long track record of clinical…
Morning Headlines 10/9/17
eClinicalWorks Announces Strong Sales Growth
eClinicalWorks reports $130 million in Q3 revenue and the addition of 3,750 new providers. It claims to now be “the second most widely used EHR in the country.”
West Suffolk Hospital patient records checked after discharge letter software error
In England, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust stops using Cerner-generated patient discharge letters after a software bug leads to incorrect medication reconciliation information making its way into the letters.
112 Degrees With No Water: Puerto Rican Hospitals Battle Life And Death Daily
NPR profiles the three-quarters of Puerto Rico’s hospitals that remain on emergency power.
PatientKeeper Charge-Note Reconciliation
PatientKeeper announces reconciliation tools to help hospitals find unclaimed inpatient professional fee charges. The company estimates that hospitals typically fail to charge for 10 to 15 percent of their inpatient professional fee charges.
In what world is eClinicalWorks the second most widely used EHR in the country? By what definition?
Practice Fusion cites SK&A market share data that shows ECW as #2. Not saying I trust its veracity, but since you asked. (You know what they say… even Jonathan Bush is right twice a day.)
https://www.practicefusion.com/blog/ska-largest-ambulatory-ehr-vendor/