Although heart disease has long been known a leading cause of morbidity worldwide, it takes too long for evidence-based research to translate into direct patient care when it comes to pharmaceutical therapies.

Since Oracle completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of Cerner in June, the tech giant has made multiple changes to Cerner's leadership and operations. 

Below are six health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since Oct. 10. 

ModMed, a cloud-based EHR vendor for specialty practices, settled a lawsuit from the U.S. Justice Department for $45 million. 

Healthcare payment company Waystar is integrating its technology with PointClickCare's EHR system. 

Baton Rouge, La.-based Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and Zachary, La.-based Lane Regional Medical Center have entered into a formal agreement to share an Epic EHR system.

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health partnered with IT consultancy Brightwork Health to implement Epic's EHR system. 

EHR vendor Oracle Cerner plans to close two Kansas City, Mo.-area campuses, KSHB reported Oct. 31.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has no timeline for the implementation of its Oracle Cerner EHR system, Fedscoop reported Oct. 28. 

Cancer Treatment Centers of America is transitioning its EHR from Allscripts to Epic following its acquisition in February by Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health recently received a Epic Gold Stars Level 10 recognition, placing the health system in the top 0.3 percent of all Epic users for its EHR implementation process. This was made possible because of Robert Adamson, MD, executive vice president, CIO and operational leader for the Epic EHR system, who decided to implement an operation shift that allowed the health system to continue to build out the system during the height of the pandemic.  

From EHR go-lives at multiple health systems to EHR outages, here are 10 updates on Oracle Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's in October.

From EHR go-lives at multiple health systems to donating to healthcare workforce development, here are 14 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's in October.

Below are four health systems that have implemented or announced plans to implement an EHR system from Meditech:

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data. Here are 13 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking EHR and IT expertise in these platforms in the last month.

Eight health systems that have implemented or announced plans to implement a new EHR system since Oct. 5: 

Oracle Cerner has been awarded two task orders worth $956 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue modernizing the VA's EHR system, GovConWire reported Oct. 24.

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

Electronic health record vendors Epic, Oracle Cerner and Meditech are adding new partnerships and tech upgrades to build upon their offerings for healthcare organizations. 

Fergus Falls, Minn.-based Lake Region Healthcare is spending $25 million to unify its three EHR systems with Epic.