The Blue Button community and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT asked patients and caregivers to cote for the applications that best manage their health and financial health data. A “crowdvote” was called to determine which of these new apps should be crown as winners of the challenge and receive $35,000 in prizes.
Tag: EHR
Healow integrates patient medical records from multiple EHR systems
eClinicalWorks has created a new business called Healow (Health and Online Wellness). The $25 million investment is aimed to better connect patients, doctors, and medical data. They started with the Healow mobile app.
Winner of ONC ‘Reporting Patient Safety Events’ challenge is KBCore
The ONC has announced the winners of the Reporting Patient Safety Events Challenge, with the top prize of $50,000 going to an app submitted by CRG Medical and iHealthExchange called KBCoreSM.
VA looking to update their EHR through outsourcing
For those familiar with the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, the Blue Button is a common facet of access to medical data. However, while the system is great, visually it is a let down. Recognizing this area of potential improvement, the VA is sponsoring a competition to find those that may help it design a more visually appealing design for future use.
Winners announced in the EHR Accessibility Module Challenge
The Pinaxis Apollo application has been named the winner of the ONC-sponsored EHR Accessibility Module Challenge.



