EHRs

Healthcare information technology company Allscripts has partnered with electronic health record referral company ReferralPoint as part of the Allscripts Developer Program.

Mike Sicilia, Oracle executive vice president, told legislators at a July 20 Senate Veterans' Affairs committee hearing that the Cerner EHR system will be moved to a cloud data center to enhance the system's functionality.

Healthcare technology company Athenahealth is partnering with integrative care platform Fullscript through Athenahealth's Marketplace platform.

VA Roseburg (Ore.) Health Care System's Oracle Cerner EHR system was partially taken offline due to a glitch in its system, FedScoop reported July 25. 

Ascension Ventures co-led a $50 million series D financing round for Elation Health, a primary care-focused electronic health records company.

An internal email from an Oracle executive shared on Reddit describes changes to the former Cerner EHR business, which was acquired by Oracle June 8. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs has postponed the rollout of its Oracle Cerner EHR modernization program indefinitely for the Boise (Idaho) VA Medical Center and other centers, FedScoop reported July 21.  

Greenbrae, Calif.-based MarinHealth Medical Center received millions of dollars from the state to help install its Epic EHR system, according to a news release from the office of the California state treasurer.

Frederick, Md.-based health system Frederick Health recently went live with a Meditech EHR allowing clinicians to incorporate discrete genetic data from its genetics lab into their decision-making. 

The $16 billion price tag on the Department of Veterans Affairs' EHR rollout could triple due to delayed installations, system maintenance, staffing issues and more, according to the Military Times.