Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner says it’s imperative to help government officials understand the software they set laws and regulations for. In a Nov. 3 blog post, she recalled a conversation with a U.S. congressman who was set to…
EHRs / Interoperability
CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Ill., has launched Epic, a new EHR system that connects its hospital and clinic operations under a single digital platform. CGH officials said Nov. 2 in a news release that the move is intended to…
Health systems and tech companies like Epic are teaming up to advance care at home with digital solutions. The Connected Health Collaborative Community — which is cohosted by the Digital Medicine Society and Consumer Technology Association, and supported by Worcester,…
UF Health, based in Gainesville, Fla., has partnered with Epic to introduce a new EHR feature, MyChart Central. The tool allows patients to securely access their health information from multiple participating systems through a single login. Launched Nov. 6 as…
A federal court has granted final approval for a settlement from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare over a 2023 data breach. The health system faced the consolidated class-action lawsuit over a hack that affected an estimated 11 million patients. Class members…
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Oceanside, N.Y.-based Mount Sinai South Nassau has implemented an Epic EHR system. The system, according to a LinkedIn post from Mount Sinai, integrates dozens of clinical and communication platforms into a single ecosystem. Mount Sinai South Nassau, a flagship hospital…
A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals who were reportedly employed by U.S. cybersecurity firms in connection with ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin were charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern…
Epic Systems has filed its formal response to Particle Health’s antitrust lawsuit, denying all allegations that it engaged in anticompetitive conduct or defamation against the health data exchange startup. New York City-based Particle Health sued the Verona, Wis.-based EHR giant…
Boston-based athenahealth introduced an AI-native clinical encounter that uses ambient and generative artificial intelligence to streamline documentation, decision-making and orders during the patient visit. The experience includes athenaAmbient, an ambient digital scribe that drafts diagnoses, prescriptions and clinical notes from…
Seventeen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network. The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in October, an Epic spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led…