EHRs

The Department of Veterans Affairs is working with Oracle Cerner to conduct investigations into a flaw with the EHR system that caused thousands of orders for specialty care, lab work and other services, and claims to an undisclosed location, FedScoop…

Brightwork Health IT is launching Sparc Academy as an electronic learning tool for health organizations to train their employees on EHRs.

Fort Sill, Okla.-based Reynolds Army Health Clinic is now 100 percent live with EHR system MHS Genesis, according to Sept. 27 reporting from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service.

From adding a life sciences program to its national IT infrastructure to new partnerships with health systems, here are 10 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in September.

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, Boston-based Tufts Medicine, Epic and Oracle Cerner are among the participants in a project to screen for and share patient data on social determinants of health in EHRs, the White House said…

Epic is working to develop a new software application that aims to help physicians treat patients with rare diseases, WisBusiness reported Sept. 28. 

College and university health EHR software company Medicat is naming Adam Cole as its new CEO.

Brockport, N.Y.-based Oak Orchard Health has selected NextGen Healthcare for its EHR system.

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health reduced its sepsis mortality rate by 16.5 percent after implementing new Oracle Cerner EHR workflows and alerts algorithms. 

EHR and software giant Oracle has agreed to pay more than $23 million to settle allegations that the company violated anti-bribery laws, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 27.