The 24-hospital Sutter Health system was the talk of the town late August after a software glitch rendered its $1 billion electronic health record system inaccessible to nurses and clinical staff.

System reliability and performance cannot be overlooked, as downtime and technical issues can significantly impact both patient care and clinician satisfaction. Modern EHR systems also should leverage ...

When implementing an EHR system, there are many critical steps essential to both a successful implementation and a long-term relationship with your provider. Based on our experience, here are some ...

E-prescribing software options Some of the most popular medical software options offer e-prescribing for healthcare organizations without an EMR system.

An experienced EHR partner can help you assess and bridge the gaps, whether that is a specific skillset, or translating software speak into clinical operations reality.

By tracking the number of H1N1 diagnoses recorded in the EMR system, Sentara could see where the outbreaks were occurring and how the flu was spreading from one community to the next.

Credit: Getty Images. What is unusual about this particular case is that it came about due to reliance on an electronic health record system. The EHR that Dr C was using had inexplicably ...