EHR

healthcare worker checks an electronic medical record
Health-tech vet Jonathan Bush's new venture aims to tackle disjoined EHRs
By Laura Lovett | 12:31 pm | June 17, 2021
The new venture is backed by a $34 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). 
Apple adds walking stability, family and provider health sharing, and more at WWDC 2021
By Jonah Comstock | 03:49 pm | June 07, 2021
Once again the developer spotlighted a number of new health features for the iPhone and Apple Watch.
GoodRx devotes $40M+ to free medications for low-income areas, Amazon's Halo integrates with Alexa and more digital health news briefs
By Dave Muoio | 04:21 pm | March 04, 2021
Also: Oscar Health IPO dips below expectations; DrChrono's new "all-in-one telehealth app experience."
DrChrono's open FHIR API lets patients add their EHR to Apple Health Records
By Dave Muoio | 10:00 am | February 19, 2021
With a single authentication, iPhone owners whose providers use DrChrono's OnPatient will be able to consolidate their records within Apple's PHR.
St. Petersburg's journey toward an integrated EHR system
By Laura Lovett | 04:09 pm | May 12, 2020
At HIMSS20 Digital, Eugene Kogan, chief technical officer of the Center for Healthcare Informatics and Analytics in St. Petersburg, Russia, talks hurdles and wins of moving toward continuous care. 
HHS' final interoperability rules standardize APIs for patient health data access through apps
By Dave Muoio | 12:47 pm | March 09, 2020
CMS-regulated payers will begin supporting HL7 FHIR APIs next year, allowing third-party developers to include claims data and other patient health information in their apps.
Allscripts' Practice Fusion admits to illegal kickbacks from opioid maker, agrees to $145M settlement
By Dave Muoio | 05:21 pm | January 28, 2020
The Silicon Valley EHR vendor received “sponsorship” payments from unnamed pharmaceutical companies so that the latter’s marketing team could influence the design of CDS features, according to the Department of Justice.