The American Medical Association has a simple solution for reducing the deluge of EHR messages: Talk to your colleagues more.

DeepScribe, an AI-based documentation tool, announced that it is more fully integrated into Epic's interface.

More health systems are billing for MyChart messages, even as the claims volume for those digital encounters has ebbed and flowed, according to a Jan. 10 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Fitch Ratings upheld the long-term issuer default rating and unsecured debt of Oracle at "BBB."

The HHS wants to hit hospitals with penalties if they don't share data with patients, but groups representing hospitals and providers say these penalties, which could reach up to seven figures, are too steep, Politico reported June 9. 

Epic has themes — such as "Star Wars" or "Indiana Jones" — at its annual User Group Meetings to liven up what could otherwise be a tedious topic.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is making progress with its Epic EHR install. 

Travis Dalton, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health, has taken on a new position at MultiPlan Corp.

Nonprofit digital healthcare innovation group OCHIN said nine systems began using its OCHIN Epic EHR in the final quarter of 2023. 

Oracle Health Chair David Feinberg, MD, has joined Aegis Ventures, a venture studio that focuses on healthcare artificial intelligence and health tech. 

St. Louis-based Mercy is moving its newly acquired Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHealth to an Epic EHR system so that all of its providers and patients can ensure continuity of care. 

One health system reduced the stress and burnout associated with EHR use by making a recent update to its system "fun," the American Medical Association reported.

Nurses send the majority of EHR messages, while medical providers receive more of them than any other hospital workers, a study in JAMA Network Open found.

The typical health system uses 18 different EHR vendors across affiliated providers, yet these systems often lack seamless communication capabilities, leading to challenges, Lown Institute reported Jan. 2.  

EHR vendors Epic Systems, Oracle Health and Meditech are prioritizing the integration of artificial intelligence into their software in 2024 as they look to boost clinical efficiency for healthcare providers. 

Epic Systems is gearing up to unleash a wave of generative AI innovations in 2024, with more than 60 AI-related development projects in progress, a company spokesperson told Becker's. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it is "committed to resuming the system rollout" of its Oracle Health EHR rollout, NextGov reported Dec. 28.

With some EHR installation costs climbing north of $500 million, a botched installation can seriously affect a health system's bottom line.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's hospital at home program uses three different digital health platforms to manage patient care, document results and communicate with patients.

Hospitals and health systems continue to invest in EHR platforms as the technology becomes more sophisticated for more coordinated care.