EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Titusville, Fla.-based Parrish Healthcare has inked a deal with Meditech to implement its Expanse EHR across the health system’s 208-bed hospital and ambulatory clinics. The health system said it looks forward to enhanced mobile and AI capabilities, an improved user…
Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health was an early adopter of Epic’s new AI scribe after finding the application accurate and cost-effective and working with the EHR vendor to make improvements, a leader told Becker’s. The nine-hospital system signed an enterprise…
Health IT leaders increasingly see vendor consolidation as central to achieving interoperability, but most organizations lack the tools to fully realize it, a March 24 survey from CliniComp found. The findings are based on a survey of CIOs conducted by…
From legal developments to expanding use of its AI tools, Epic continues to evolve across the healthcare landscape. Here are 11 updates on the company’s operations, products and partnerships that Becker’s Hospital Review reported in March:
Ten health systems participating in a national research network have integrated polygenic risk results into their EHRs, enabling more than 70% of high-risk patients to receive direct outreach. The project, part of the eMERGE Genomic Risk Assessment Network, involved nearly…
At Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, opening a patient chart may soon begin with a question, not a click. The organization is among the first to experiment with Epic’s conversational AI tool, Ask Art. Ask Art functions similarly to consumer AI…
As the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs resumes its Oracle Health EHR rollout, the agency plans to prove doubters wrong because the implementation is “different this time,” a project leader said. The VA is scheduled to install the EHR at…
Trinity Health is notifying patients of a potential unauthorized disclosure of health information involving a third-party participant in an electronic data-sharing network. The Livonia, Mich.-based nonprofit said it learned Jan. 13 from a data exchange partner that patient information may…
As of February, a share of payers and providers had not yet started working toward the application programming interface requirements established by CMS’ interoperability and prior authorization final rule, according to survey results released March 10 by the Workgroup for…
OSF HealthCare Saint Katharine Medical Center in Dixon, Ill., is set to transition to a new electronic health record system April 1, Shaw Local reported March 17. The hospital will go live with an Epic EHR as part of an…