Hospitals and health systems are most pleased with Epic's Beacon for their medical oncology EHR, KLAS Research reported.

"AI as a co-pilot will be the next phase of the electronic health record," Eric Alper, MD, chief clinical informatics officer of Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health, told Worcester Business Journal. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is using Google Cloud's generative artificial intelligence application that uses an AI-based chatbot to receive questions, pull information from internal web pages and documents and summarize information from EHRs to form questions, Post Bulletin reported June 12. 

Here are four health systems that have implemented or announced plans to implement new EHR systems since May. 17. 

Columbus (Neb.) Community Hospital is expanding its partnership with digital health company Altera Digital Health to use the Paragon EHR for seven more years.

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals is adding Bio-key's PortalGuard to its Epic EHR as the health system migrates from Epic Hyperspace to the Epic Hyperdrive user interface.

Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center's regional director said the hospital won't cut staff due to its projected $35 million budget deficit in which its troubled Cerner EHR system plays a large role, The Spokesman-Review reported June 8.

While Epic continues to dominate the EHR vendor market in the United States, it ranks tenth outside the U.S., trailing its closest American competitor, Oracle Cerner, a June 8 KLAS Research report found.

McLeansboro, Ill.-based Hamilton Memorial Hospital has received a $895,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help fund its Epic EHR system, WSIL reported June 7. 

Meditech lost six hospitals from its network last year and 2,056 hospital beds, but did see gains in legacy migrations and net-new customers.

Seneca Healthcare District, based in Chester, Calif., implemented its new EHR system from Cerner on June 5, replacing its outdated system. 

Hospitals are unleashing the power of artificial intelligence and EHR vendors are taking note, with many of them integrating AI algorithms into their workflows.

Oracle Cerner gained 22 hospitals within its network last year but lost thousands of hospital beds as legacy clients transitioned out.

At a five-hour introductory meeting with new staffers, Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner asks them: "Why do you come to work?" she wrote in a June 5 blog post.

After partnering with New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health to provide telehealth services for its diplomats, the U.S. State Department is now looking to install a new EHR system, Washington Technology reported June 2.

Former Epic employees are barred from working for organizations with ties to the EHR vendor for a year or two after leaving the company, Isthmus reported 

An employee from MUSC Health Lancaster (S.C.) Medical Center inappropriately accessed electronic health records of about 1,800 patients between Oct. 6, 2022, and April 11, 2023.

Some former Epic employees say the EHR vendor's noncompete agreements have held them back from advancing their careers and stifled innovation in the Madison, Wis., area, Isthmus reported June 1.

With a net worth of $7.4 billion, Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner ranked third on Forbes' June 1 list of the richest American self-made women.

The Florida legislature passed an update to the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act banning healthcare organizations using certified health record technology from storing EHR data outside the continental U.S., its territories and Canada, The HIPAA Journal reported June 2.