The Department of Veterans Affairs is making measurable progress in its effort to implement a unified Oracle Health EHR system across all VA medical centers by 2031, according to Paul Lawrence, PhD, deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Lawrence wrote…
EHRs / Interoperability
Oracle has launched a mobile tool aimed at helping healthcare providers access and update patient records — even in areas without internet connectivity. The tool, Oracle Health Community Care, is a cloud-based mobile extension of the Oracle Health Foundation EHR.…
The University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Epic EHR system includes a field for “citizenship,” Mississippi Today reported June 16. An Epic spokesperson told the publication that the feature was not added by the company. “Each organization configures Epic’s software to…
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health investigated two remote workers hired to process lab requisitions after discovering they were operating outside the U.S. and may have misrepresented their identities. Here are five things to know:
As hospitals increasingly adopt AI to assist with documentation, a team at Duke University in Durham, N.C., is offering new tools to help ensure those technologies are safe and effective for patient care. In two newly published studies, Duke researchers…
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About three years ago, Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara established its AI steering committee and governance group to guide ethics and combat bias in AI as they began incorporating artificial intelligence into the acute care setting. Sentara started a pilot examining how…
Health systems are positioning themselves for the future by implementing next-generation EHR solutions. IT leaders told Becker’s they’re leaning into ambient listening, agentic AI and clinical decision support to create forward-looking EHRs. At Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health, the most innovative…
Health First, based in Rockledge, Fla., invested more than $100 million to implement a new Epic EHR system. The move unified clinical workflows and reduced the system’s reliance on third-party vendors. The June 1 go-live consolidated multiple EHR systems into…
A growing majority of health system CIOs are taking the lead in shaping their organizations’ AI strategies, a June 12 report from AI-based software provider Qventus found. The report highlights the perspectives of CIOs, chief medical information officers and other…
Coral Gables-based Baptist Health South Florida plans to switch to an Epic EHR over the next two years, a leader told Becker’s. “This move reflects our continued commitment to innovation and improving the care experience for both our patients and…