Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine is in the process of completing its final health IT Epic EHR upgrades for 2022. 

Electronic health records have a multitude of benefits for health systems, such as interoperability, improving physician efficiency and easy access to patients' medical history, but the cost of implementation is just one of the barriers of adoption for healthcare organizations, according to health system CIOs. 

EHR company Meditech is adding a population health management tool to its population health portfolio.

Epic added digital patient scheduling company Yosi Health to its app marketplace. 

Oracle Cerner is adding new product offerings to its EHR system with the aim of working to modernize the electronic health record and build a more open and more connected cloud-enabled platform. 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health signed an agreement to acquire three new Connecticut hospitals, which will improve EHR sharing for the health system, Yale Daily News reported Oct. 17. 

Two large health systems — Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Houston-based Memorial Hermann — recently switched their EHRs from Oracle Cerner to Epic, continuing a trend of bigger hospital groups moving to the Verona, Wis.-based software giant.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave out grants Oct. 12 to four health systems and three other organizations to make EHR improvements as part of a $110 million spending package to boost rural healthcare.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has received a perfect score from EHR vendor Epic for its EHR implementation project. 

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital went live with its $16 million Epic EHR installation on Oct. 1. 

Aitkin, Minn.-based Riverwood Healthcare Center's board has approved funds for the health system to transition to an Epic EHR system. 

eClinicalWorks, an ambulatory cloud EHR, increased 2022 revenue 10 percent year over year to hit $800 million in 2022.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is notifying 41,500 patients that their care may have been affected due to the delays in the rollout of its Oracle Cerner EHR system, FedScoop reported Oct. 13. 

Gouverneur (N.Y.) Hospital received a $10 million rural development grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to tackle a few new projects, including an EHR installation, according to the office of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the representative from New York's 21st district.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying any further implementation of its problem-plagued Oracle Cerner EHR until June 2023, the agency said Oct. 13.

Oracle, the parent company of EHR vendor Cerner, has laid off 201 employees, according to a state filing in California.

Hospitals in the United Kingdom are recovering from an outage that took its Oracle Cerner electronic health records systems offline, The Register reported Oct. 12. 

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:

Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health is switching EHRs from Meditech to Epic in a move that will cost $8 million, according to a news release shared with Becker's.

A Nebraska Officer of Inspector General of Corrections report into the death of Niccole Wetherell, an inmate at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, showed that the lack of an EHR system in the facility violated a state statute and contributed to Ms. Wetherell's death.