Kurt DelBene, CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said despite the troubles the department has had with its $16 billion Oracle Cerner EHR rollout, he is still "cautiously optimistic" about it, FedScoop reported Aug. 25. 

Epic Systems has integrated two-way patient texting, which allows hospitals and health systems using its software to offer patients mobile messaging that can send them alerts about appointments, prescriptions and billing. 

Epic plans to release a new online app gallery in the coming weeks.

Epic's voice assistant feature, Hey Epic!, improved Epic user's experience more than other EHR upgrades, according to a KLAS report.

EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare is reportedly looking at selling the company, Reuters reported Aug. 23. 

EHR giant Epic is searching for a network engineer to join its Madison, Wis.-based campus.

Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner told audiences at the company's annual Users Group Meeting that the healthcare industry is adrift at sea because of challenges like provider burnout, staffing shortages, and provider and customer satisfaction, The Cap Times reported Aug. 23. 

Epic is tapping into generative AI to roll out more tools to help hospitals and health systems save time on documentation, as well as coding and billing processes. 

Epic's Cosmos clinical informatics database is allowing health systems and researchers to find insights on how to treat blood pressure and rare diseases and even identify victims of human trafficking, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Aug. 23.

Veradigm, an EHR vendor formerly known as Allscripts, received its third notice of noncompliance from Nasdaq after failing to file three financial reports with the SEC on time.

Suki, an artificial intelligence voice assistant for healthcare, is syncing with Cerner to allow users to take advantage of Suki's clinical documentation tools.

Epic Systems and Microsoft have expanded their partnership once again and will integrate conversational, ambient and generative AI technologies into Epic's EHR ecosystem. 

Epic was named the top EHR for acute care hospitals with 251 beds or more by Black Book Research.

Epic Systems launched its new "Partnership and Pals" program that aims to collaborate with various healthcare companies to integrate technologies that will expand the benefits of patients and providers.

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic achieved Epic Gold Stars Level 10 for a fourth consecutive year.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has been using nurses and medical assistants to respond to patient messages that fall within the scope of their responsibilities, which in turn has lowered the amount of messages physicians receive by 25 percent, EpicShares reported Aug. 21. 

Epic Systems has added AI-powered cloud contact center Talkdesk to its new Pals program, which aims to help Epic customers select vendors that use validated integrations with its software. 

Here are three hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Aug. 2:

New York City-based Mount Sinai, who has one of the largest production instances of Epic running on Microsoft's cloud, says the move has been able to reduce upfront infrastructure costs and accelerate the health system's integration of AI. 

Epic users can embed AI tools into their workflows in a myriad of different ways.