Move Data Forward Challenge

ONC unveils Move Data Forward Challenge with $250K in prizes

The challenge invites interested parties to create an API to allow people to securely authorize the movement of their health data to destinations they choose.
EHR research

Research: Only 22% user EHR to help make medical decisions

55% are accessing their health record to simply stay informed; 29% of those consumers who say they do have an EHR are not getting much benefit from it.
ChartSpan app

ChartSpan gets $3.2M for its personal healthcare records app

The company has also announced plans to bring 300 new healthcare jobs to downtown Greenville, SC, from where it will run its clinical support operations.
drchrono

drchrono unveils new API partners: Health Gorilla, Inuvio, Medisafe and Wink Health

The company currently has more than seven hundred developers in its program creating essential apps and solutions for the healthcare industry.
PHR use forecast

75% of adults will use PHRs in 2020?

Researchers from Johns Hopkins, the Ohio State University and the National Cancer Institute predict this scenario even without additional interventions.
Medsphere

Medsphere makes OpenVista EHR mobile-friendly

Mobile OpenVista Enterprise (MOVE) is designed to liberate OpenVista EHR data from the desktop, and enable physicians and clinical staff to work while on the go.
Consumer Survey - Accenture

Survey: 92% of patients want access to their health records

On the other hand, the number of doctors who think patients should have access to their health records has dropped from 31 in 2014 to 18 percent today.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Major health IT companies make interoperability pledge at HIMSS16

Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, Allscripts, Kaiser Permanente and John Hopkins Medical are all on board, and so are the 5 largest health care systems in the U.S.
drchrono

drchrono adds photo capture of patient insurance and credit cards from iPad, iPhone or...

Also, a patient can complete the same process right from the personal health record iPhone app and send this information to their physician.
drchrono

Direct Urgent Care taps drchrono for all-inclusive mobile EHR

Using drchrono EHR helped Direct Urgent Care process around 15,000 patients per year, while reducing overhead costs and improving reimbursements by over 30%.