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.

Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernards Healthcare went live with the Meditech Expanse EHR system, replacing Meditech's acute EHR and three disparate ambulatory systems across the four-hospital network.

Three of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program are Oracle Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data. Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking EHR and IT expertise in the last month.

Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital will spend more than $100 million to install a new electronic health records system and change its name to reflect its affiliation with Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System.

Health systems in Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are using artificial intelligence to automatically transcribe medical instructions into their Epic and Meditech EHRs.

The Government Accountability Office denied a pair of protests, allowing consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton to continue work as the program manager on an $860 million task order implementing the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oracle Cerner EHR system, Washington Technology reported Jan. 12.

Implementing a new EHR can generate big time costs for hospitals and health systems, with some spending hundreds of millions to even more than a billion dollars on rollouts.

Epic has become a major player in the EHR and medtech industry. The company is looking to hire top-of-the-line software engineer talent.

Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Hospital implemented the ActX Genomic Decision Support platform into its Oracle Cerner EHR to provide clinicians with alerts on a patient's genetics.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth continued efforts to implement Epic EHR across its system last year, and aims to finish the final two waves of go-lives in the first and third quarters of 2023.

EHR vendor Veradigm, formerly known as Allscripts, said it added six new payer and 30 new revenue cycle management clients in the fourth quarter.

MyChart messages declined at San Francisco-based UCSF Health after the health system started billing for them, though clinicians rarely charge patients for them, a JAMA study found.