Don Johnson, executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure at Oracle, has abruptly left the company, TheRegister reported Jan. 25. 

From joining a nationwide health information exchange to expanding its lab capabilities, here are four updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in February.

Chico (Calif.) Immediate Care Medical Center told the Justice Department a former employee wrongly accessed thousands of medical records, according to an ABC 7 KRCR report.

After a year in which it debuted several new software programs and worked with Big Tech companies such as Google and Apple, Epic has big plans and goals for 2023.

EHR vendor Meditech reported that its subscription-based Expanse Meditech-as-a-Service platform gained nine new clients in the fourth quarter.

A study at Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Chan Medical School is analyzing how to effectively integrate data from wearables into EHRs.

Multiple VA medical facilities across the U.S. reported an EHR slowdown earlier this week, according to The Spokesman-Review.

The top EHR companies are constantly looking to add IT talent to their teams.

Several hospitals and health systems now charge patients for electronic messages through patient portals like Epic's MyChart.

Here is how much three health systems are expected to pay for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

Meditech has partnered with interoperability and connectivity services provider MedAllies to integrate clinical direct messaging into its EHR system. 

Boston-based Tufts Medicine reported EHR installation costs of around $70 million last year, according to The Boston Globe.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is moving to an Epic EHR system. 

Here are 5 health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Dec. 30:

Fifty-five percent of health system IT executives at top U.S. health systems said they will increase their organization's investment in interoperability initiatives by 5 to 20 percent in 2023, according to a recent report by healthcare interoperability software provider Health Gorilla.

Amberwell Health Hiawatha (Kan.) and Amberwell Highland Clinic went live with a Meditech Expanse EHR system on Nov. 1, Atchison Globe reported Jan. 20.

From signing contracts with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare to partnerships with Google, EHR vendor Meditech had a busy 2022. In 2023, the company is focused on "agility" and "innovation," Meditech spokesperson Robin Montville told Becker's, as it looks to grow and compete in a crowded EHR market. 

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System has fired an employee who improperly gained access to its electronic medical records system.

Gov. Brian Kemp's new state budget has proposed $105 million for the Augusta University Medical College of Georgia to purchase an upgraded Epic EHR system, The Augusta Chronicle reported Jan. 19.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System's IT standardization efforts over the last few years disrupted operations and were a contributing factor in Fitch's decision to issue a ratings downgrade from an "A-" to "BBB+" rating.