For any hospital CEO, making significant decisions is a key part of the job, and the approach taken to evaluate options and reach conclusions can offer valuable insights.

During a visit to Wisconsin, Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan left open the possibility of the agency intervening in ongoing litigation involving Epic Systems, ABC affiliate WKOW reported Oct. 3. 

Cybersecurity, reducing EHR burden, and innovation are the top three priorities for health system CIOs over the next several months, according to Penn Medicine CIO Michael Restuccia.

Indianapolis-based IU Health plans to switch to Epic for its EHR.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare plans to switch from Oracle Health to Epic for its EHR.

Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health System has successfully transitioned to an Epic EHR system after 18 months of preparation. 

Epic's EHR contains an enterprise view where health system executives can check out performance indicators and detect trends across their organizations.

The biggest contributor to clinician burnout is "present-day EHRs," a Oct. 1 report from Health Note found. 

Efforts to transition from paper medical records to electronic health records (EHRs) have been wildly successful over the last fifteen years or so. After all, nearly all U.S. hospitals now leverage an EHR. However, the complexities of healthcare and technology have manifested at that intersection. Traditional EHRs have not delivered true interoperability, downtime remains a hindrance for many and usability issues abound. In fact, one recent survey found that nearly 57% of physicians say they find it difficult to document patient care using the EHR. What was supposed to alleviate clinician burden has actually made that burden heavier to carry.  

From plans to rollout 20 news programs to facing an antitrust lawsuit, here are 9 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in September:

Oracle Health, the EHR company formerly known as Cerner, had a busy September. Here are 10 headlines from the month.

VA employees wrongly accessed the medical records for both vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz, according to The Washington Post.

While Judy Faulkner has no plans to retire from Epic, she has made arrangements for the company to stay private and employee-owned after she's gone, Forbes reported Sept. 30.

Epic is urging Carequality, an interoperability network, to disclose the findings of a previous dispute involving Particle Health, which raised concerns about the company's data-sharing practices.

Meditech is looking to improve its Expanse EHR platform with the addition of conversational and generative AI.

Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First is one of 19 new health systems moving to an Epic EHR. Here are six things to know.

The University of Alabama System is transitioning to an Epic EHR system, which will be implemented at Birmingham-based UAB and the soon-to-be-acquired Ascension St. Vincent's Health System. 

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said 100% of Epic health systems can interoperate and athenahealth has a high interoperability rate, but that still leaves a lot of organizations that can't easily share data.

According to KLAS, Oracle Health ranks second in the U.S. hospital market share, with approximately 23.4% of acute care hospitals utilizing its platform, following Epic.

From October 2020 and March 2024, the VA's Oracle Health EHR system experienced 826 "major performance incidents," a Sept. 23 report from the VA's inspector general office found.