1. University Health System partnered with Gozio Health to develop an interactive mobile wayfinding platform to help patients navigate the San Antonio, Texas-based health system.
2. Wetzel County Hospital will officially join West Virginia University Health System later this year, a move that will transition the Morgantown, W.Va-based hospital to an Epic EHR system.
3. Steward Health Care will extend its partnership with Meditech by implementing the company’s EHR across the Dallas, Texas-based health system’s 35 hospitals.
4. Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, a subsidiary of Rady Children’s Hospital—San Diego, has partnered with Deloitte for a pilot program using unmanned aircraft systems to deliver genomic testing specimens from the hospital to the lab.
5. Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa., on Feb. 3 will combine its primary care and specialty care EHR systems under a single Meditech platform.
6. Phoenix, Ariz.-based Banner Health has selected eVisit and VeeMed, two virtual care providers, to build a comprehensive telehealth platform spanning ambulatory and acute care.
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