Research published in March 2022 found that U.S. physicians who use EHRs spend an average of 1.84 hours a day completing documentation outside work hours, and as hospitals and health systems look for ways to alleviate this burden for providers, some are implementing "stupid stuff" initiatives in a bid to simplify the EHR. 

As New York City-based Mount Sinai moves its Epic EHR system to Microsoft's cloud, it has been able to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence to drive greater efficiencies, as well as improve its cybersecurity posture. 

From adding new hospital clients to launching an artificial intelligence-focused partnership with big tech, Meditech has had a busy month.

Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health created an initiative, dubbed "Get Rid of Stupid Stuff," that created simple fixes to tasks within the EHR that clinicians felt were poorly designed, unnecessary or nonsensical, The Harvard Business Review reported Sept. 26. 

Meditech is expanding its artificial intelligence-focused partnership with Google to auto-generate clinical documentation.

Visitors to the conference room adjoining Judy Faulkner's office are greeted by the "culture of Epic," the EHR vendor's founder and CEO wrote.

Veradigm, previously known as Allscripts, said it received a notice from Nasdaq stating that its shares would be delisted due to noncompliance. 

From inking three EHR deals with health systems to reports on its sepsis model accuracy, here are four updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the past month:

Hospital IT executives told Becker's that while EHR vendors have begun to adopt innovative technologies, such as generative artificial intelligence, the industry has yet to make the transformative changes that healthcare needs.

Randolph, Vt.-based Gifford Health Care will be switching to Meditech for its EHR after previously using three different systems.

Boston Children's Hospital said it plans to switch to Epic for its EHR in 2024.

San Diego-based Scripps Health said it saw a 50 percent increase in patient messages since the onset of COVID-19, San Diego Business Journal reported Sept. 20. 

EHR vendor Meditech is adding ambient listening and generative artificial intelligence to its EHR software. 

Epic is building roads and buying farmland around its rural Wisconsin headquarters as the EHR vendor constructs a new campus and welcomes loads of new employees, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Sept. 19.

Oracle unveiled new capabilities for its next-generation EHR Sept. 18 at the company's conference in Las Vegas.

Louisiana-based Ochsner Health is piloting a program in which AI will be used to draft simple responses to patient messages it receives in its portal. 

Oracle launched a new generative artificial intelligence healthcare assistant designed to save clinicians time by responding to voice commands.

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers wants to pull the plug on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Cerner EHR rollout, calling the project a "complete failure." 

Oracle is effectively using generative artificial intelligence to modernize the Cerner EHR, according to Larry Ellison, the software giant's co-founder and chief technology officer.

Health systems in New York City, Colorado, Georgia and Nevada are seeking IT employees to work on their Epic EHR.