Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending June 16: Fixing flawed EMRs, unique patient IDs, blockchain for pharma supply chain, US office for EHR modernisation, GP at Hand disruption, Boots repeat script app, 50-year-old system with MUMPS, Epic partners Humana for real-time costs
Why EHRs are flawed, and how they can be fixed
Health Data Management ~ David Lareau ~ 13/06/2019
Regardless of whether organizations choose to keep or replace their current IT solutions, it’s clear that physician dissatisfaction is high and that, as an industry, it’s time to advance the dialogue and take action to fix our flawed EHRs where they hurt most.
House approves lifting HHS ban on unique patient IDs
Healthcare Info Security ~ Marianne Kolbasuk McGee ~ 13/06/2019
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an amendment to a proposed appropriations bill that would lift a 20-year ban on the Department of Health and Human Services funding the development or adoption of a unique, national patient identifier, but plenty of hurdles remain.
