HCA Healthcare UK has implemented Meditech Expanse, a cloud-based EHR system, across its 11 acute care facilities and dozens of outpatient locations. The unified platform provides clinicians with a consolidated view of patients’ health records, enhancing safety and improving workflow…
EHRs / Interoperability
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals will open four Rezilient with WakeMed CloudClinics in January through a partnership with hybrid care provider Rezilient Health. The clinics will offer same-day primary and specialty care consults using Rezilient’s telehealth-enabled CloudClinic model, which…
The Justice Department has agreed to narrow a subpoena issued to Pittsburgh-based UPMC, saying it will now seek only anonymized patient medical records after patients raised privacy concerns in court. The subpoena is part of a broader federal investigation into…
Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is the latest health system to report being impacted by an early 2025 data breach involving Oracle Health. In April, the EHR vendor notified the six-hospital system about the January hack of legacy Cerner…
CMS launched an interoperability pledge program in July to spur information-sharing efforts. But how does it differ from TEFCA, aka the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement? Steven Posnack, principal deputy assistant secretary for technology policy at HHS, addressed that…
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Nearly 8 in 10 acute care nurses say they lose time each week to unproductive charting, and those facing the heaviest documentation burdens are significantly more likely to experience burnout and consider leaving their jobs, according to a Dec. 16…
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is urging 10 of the largest electronic health record vendors to give patients more control over who can access their health information. The move follows multiple warnings from the Department of Defense’s inspector general about potential…
Trinity Health, a 92 hospital system headquartered in Livonia, Mich., is nearing completion of its $800 million EHR rollout and expects to be the largest single‑instance Epic user in the country next year, according to CEO Mike Slubowski. Mr. Slubowski…
Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics in Trinidad, Colo., is moving to an Oracle Health EHR system. The 25-bed critical access hospital will implement the Oracle Health Foundation EHR along with the company’s Clinical AI Agent, a voice-driven tool that…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has not fully implemented most recommendations from the Government Accountability Office related to its EHR modernization program, GAO officials told Congress. Carol Harris, GAO’s director of information technology and cybersecurity, presented the findings during testimony…