EHRs

Epic plans to join the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a new health information exchange network that aims to improve health data interoperability across the U.S.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data. Here are 11 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking EHR and…

Atlanta-based Piedmont has launched Epic's EHR system at five of its newest hospitals. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System is transitioning its Epic EHR to Microsoft Azure and using the cloud service for much of its operations, CIO Kristin Myers said in an interview with CIO published June 14.

While healthcare organizations are increasingly shifting to the cloud to streamline data analytics and store patient records, some in the industry are resisting the transition and even some cloud adoptees have uncertainties about it.

Oracle reported a 5 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, hitting $11.8 billion.

The lack of interoperability between different EHR systems may increase physicians' stress levels, according to a June 9 survey conducted by the Harris Poll. 

The promise of interoperability remains a distant goal, but newer technologies like AI and natural language processing, combined with older technologies such as optical character recognition (OCR), are showing new promise in helping healthcare organizations draw meaning from unstructured data.

Oracle's primary mission is improving the complex healthcare system with technology, according to Larry Ellison.

Clinicians judge the reliability of their EHR largely by response time, but that's not the only factor that contributes to their satisfaction with their systems, a June 1 KLAS Research report found.