When Island Health introduced its new electronic health record system at Nanaimo Regional Hospital in 2016, there was serious pushback from some physicians. It was felt the system was too cumbersome to work with, and several departments, including the emergency department and the intensive care unit, partially reverted to using paper records.
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Users of Apple Health may now share their data with doctors and loved ones; new measures include the first-of-its-kind Walking Steadiness measurement. Apple has formed a partnership with Cerner and Meditech, two businesses that specialize in electronic health records, to allow customers to share their Apple Health data with healthcare professionals directly. Watch the WWDC21 Apple Keynote for an in-depth look on all of the updates.
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Three Ontario hospitals recently announced they are joining hands to share an implementation of Meditech’s latest electronic medical records system, called the Meditech Web EHR.
Markham Stouffville Hospital, in Markham, Ont., will host the system, and a single, shareable electronic health record will be created for patients at Markham Stouffville, Southlake Regional Health Centre, in Newmarket, Ont., and the Stevenson Memorial Hospital, in Alliston, Ont.
The new project is being called SHINE – short for Shared Health Information Network Exchange.
Read more at http://www.canhealth.com/blog/three-ontario-hospitals-announce-plans-to-share-patient-record-system/
Over the course of 2015, countless data breaches occurred within hospital networks, health insurers, physicians’ offices, and other organizations in the healthcare industry. In fact, Community Health Systems, Premera and Anthem were just a few of the most notable names who made cybersecurity headlines last year. More than 94 million records were exposed as the result of attacks varying in sophistication, which ranged from standard, employee-targeted breaches, to more complex methods carried out by scheming hackers.
It’s widely agreed upon that hackers target industries that hold valuable, sensitive and extremely personal data. It follows, then, that the healthcare industry is one of those targeted sectors, and has been for quite some time, due to its treasure trove of private information including mailing addresses, family histories, medical conditions, social security numbers and much more.
But with attacks increasing in both size and complexity, it’s time to more closely examine the healthcare industry, in particular electronic health record (EHR) providers.
Read more at http://hitconsultant.net/2016/04/11/preparing-ehr-vendors-cyber-threats/
