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EHRs / Interoperability

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System said it responded quickly after a cyberattack on its health plan’s pharmacy benefit manager. Security Health Plan uses MedImpact, which was reportedly hacked by Russian-based ransomware group Qilin. “As soon as we were alerted of…

Oracle Health, the nation’s second-largest EHR vendor by hospital market share, had a busy October with a new product launch and system rollout plans. Here are seven updates on the company in the past month: 1. EHR vendors like Oracle…

New York City-based Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center has launched real-time data integration between its EHR and clinical trial platforms. The new system automates the transfer of structured clinical data from Epic into sponsor electronic data capture systems, cutting the…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has completed the first wave of its Meditech Expanse EHR implementation, according to a LinkedIn post from Jake O’Shea, MD, vice president and chief health information officer. The rollout brings the new system live at 32…

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health is implementing Epic along with two other area healthcare organizations, consolidating 13 EHRs to one. The five-hospital system plans to go live with the new EHR in the second quarter of 2026, followed by its Community…

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While health systems still prefer EHRs for most workflows, they are increasingly relying on AI scribes for certain tasks, Menlo Ventures found. For instance, 51% of large health systems and 48% of small health systems favor EHRs for scheduling and…

From growing its data sharing push to more health systems announcing plans to go live with its EHR system, here are seven updates on Epic’s operations, software products, and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in October:

While Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System plans to spend $160 million on a new Epic EHR over the next five years, the return on investment will include improved workflow efficiency, patient safety and clinician experience, the organization’s CIO told…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Heritage Medical Associates will link their EHR systems beginning Nov. 1 in a move designed to streamline care for patients shared between the two organizations. Under the agreement, Heritage will join Vanderbilt’s Epic…

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