EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Health systems are beginning to operationalize a new layer of AI within Epic, with early deployments spanning patient communication, clinical documentation, workflow automation and decision support. This offers a clearer view into how the EHR is evolving into an embedded…
Grand Marais, Minn.-based North Shore Health is examining whether to swap EHR vendors, WTIP reported. The one-hospital system uses Meditech but is evaluating a switch to Epic through a Community Connect partnership with a larger system, according to the March…
Cleveland Clinic is piloting a conversational AI tool for inpatient nursing that integrates directly into EHRs. The tool, developed by the AI platform Ambience, enables nurses to ask plain-language questions and receive real-time, citation-backed responses informed by clinical notes, lab…
Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs as the company shifts its investments to AI infrastructure, CNBC reported March 31. The software giant, which acquired EHR company Cerner in 2022 and dubbed it Oracle Health, started notifying workers of the reductions…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has become the first health system to go live with Epic’s Emmie, an AI chatbot for patients. Emmie answers patients’ health questions “within the privacy and context of their medical record,” according to a March 31…
Clewiston, Fla.-based Hendry Regional Medical Center has selected Meditech’s Expanse EHR, replacing multiple legacy systems with a single platform. The critical access hospital will transition from four disparate systems to a unified patient record designed to improve care coordination and…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has been using Epic’s new Agent Factory, which creates and monitors agentic AI tools that reason, decide and act within workflows. “By combining Epic’s Agent Factory Platform capabilities with Advocate Health’s scale, clinical insight, and commitment…
In March, Oracle Health expanded the capabilities of its note generation tool and moved more hospitals onto its EHR, readying to resume its U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rollout. “The ultimate signal of success is that the organization moves faster…
As health systems increasingly standardize on platforms like Epic and Workday, Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth took an aggressive approach: implementing both within months — without slowing operations. The six-hospital network pulled off the feat, going live with the enterprise resource planning…
Laurel, Miss.-based South Central Regional Medical Center is spending about $115 million on a new Epic EHR over the next 10 years to boost data-sharing in its region, improve the patient experience and help with physician recruitment, executives told Becker’s.…