EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health expects its quarterly Epic upgrades to become faster and less resource-intensive as a result of the health system’s newly completed migration to Amazon Web Services. “Our future Epic upgrades, which we go through every quarter, will…
For a growing number of health systems, Epic optimization is becoming as consequential as the go-live itself. Epic is continuing to roll out new tools for its customer base in 2026, part of the company’s push to expand the role…
Oracle Health’s month centered on the fallout from last year’s Cerner data breach, a new rural EHR go-live and a fresh look at how its federal contracts stack up against the rest of the industry’s priciest EHR projects. Here are…
When hospitals and health systems started charging patients for MyChart messages amid the pandemic, the reasoning was straightforward: Give clinicians a way to be compensated for the growing volume of medical advice flowing through patient portals, and perhaps slow that…
Epic’s past 30 days have brought a leadership shakeup, a fresh round of noncompete lawsuits and signs the EHR giant is still expanding, both at home and abroad. Here are seven Epic updates Becker’s has reported in July:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has contacted several health systems nationwide requesting emergency room records, including personally identifiable patient information, KFF Health News reported July 27. CPSC oversees safety for most consumer products sold to American households, excluding food, drugs,…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence saw an 84% overall acceptance rate for AI-generated drafts across 14 Epic workflows during the first week after its recent Epic upgrade, according to a LinkedIn post from Adar Palis, senior vice president of clinical and revenue…
A former Epic Systems employee has sued the EHR vendor alleging its noncompete agreement and related policies violate California law. Andrea Hull filed the lawsuit July 24 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Ms. Hull…
Indianapolis-based Community Health Network launched Emmie, an artificial intelligence assistant built by Epic, inside its MyChart patient portal. Emmie lets patients ask conversational questions about their health records and get personalized answers drawn from visit notes, test results and prior…
Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health launched Epic as its new EHR across all of its facilities July 27. Inspira deployed more than 50 digital tools from Epic’s AI suite and cognitive computing models starting on day one. Some tools help…