EHRs

Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center digitally screens for childhood adversity in its Epic EHR, leading to increases in both screenings and revenue, according to an Oct. 10 report from the EHR vendor.

The United States military has a massive EHR system to organize and track service members' personal health information. 

Jennifer Goldman, DO, chief of primary care of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, worked with internal and external IT experts to have social determinants of health not only included in its Epic EHR system, but made it a prominent feature…

Below are three health systems that have implemented or announced plans to implement an EHR system or upgrade from Oracle Cerner:

Technology company Leidos integrated its revenue cycle management technology into the Department of Defense’s MHS Genesis EHR system.

Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare went live with Oracle Cerner's Community Works EHR system on Oct. 3. 

Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., recently completed a Meditech mock live drill as it transitions to the EHR vendor.

A former medical assistant at Mansfield, La.-based Desoto Regional Health System has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining substances from the health system, The Shreveport Times reported Oct. 7. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Oracle Cerner EHR pharmacy services experienced an outage on Oct. 6, FedScoop reported Oct. 7. 

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital went live with its $16 million Epic EHR installation on Oct. 1, according to Oct. 10 reporting in Aspen Daily News.