Epic has entered into big partnerships this year with Amazon Web Services and Google, and added capabilities to the MyChart app. The company also joined the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to improve health data interoperability and launched a new life sciences program to streamline clinical research studies and trials.

Patients can now see most of their physicians' notes about their visits, but not many are taking advantage of this newfound transparency, The Atlantic reported.

Three members of Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expressing concerns that the problematic rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR at the agency could have played a role in the deaths of two veterans.

Raintree Systems, an EHR company for rehab and therapy providers, has released a new EHR app for applied behavior analysis providers.

Varadraj Gurupur, PhD, an associate professor at Orlando-based University of Central Florida's School of Global Health Management and Informatics, has developed an algorithm that can help fill in incomplete EHRs. 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Epic Systems over a policy that allegedly prevents parents from accessing their children's medical records once they become teenagers.

Cleveland Clinic's plan to charge for MyChart messages requiring clinician time and expertise has been met with mixed reviews from physicians and patients.

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

MSU Health Care has integrated Higi's patient engagement platform into its EHR system using healthcare interoperability company Ellkay, in order to have a complete view of a patient's medical history.  

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

Epic is the biggest name in health IT and, by all accounts, only getting bigger.

EHR company Meditech has integrated its platform with digital care company SeamlessMD for its Canadian customers.

Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital is changing its EHR to Epic and will go live with the new system Dec. 4.

Hospitals in Alabama, Hawaii, Illinois and Louisiana are moving to Oracle Cerner for their EHR technology.

Williamson Medical Center has partnered with health tech company EvidenceCare to develop two decision support tools within its Meditech EHR system. 

Meditech and Google Health will pilot their clinical search tool at Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System and Mauston, Wis.-based Mile Bluff Medical Center. 

Google Cloud and Epic have reached an agreement to enable health systems to migrate their EHRs to the cloud, while Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health will be the first organization to do so.

Oracle Cerner has partnered with life sciences company Labcorp to manage hospital-based laboratories in 10 states. 

Floyd County Medical Center went live with the Meditech Expanse EHR system on Nov. 1. 

Since 2009, six EHR vendors have reached settlements totaling $379.8 million over allegations of kickbacks and misrepresenting product functionality, according to research published Nov. 11 in JAMA Health Forum. During the period of complaints, the researchers found that 76,831 clinicians continued to use the products.