EHRs

A health tech coalition released a report May 11 on how the healthcare system can improve IT interoperability and data exchange.

Cerner has not kept its EHR system online consistently enough to fulfill its $10 billion contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs, The Spokesman-Review reported May 10. 

Epic donated funds to support Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine's mobile cancer screening programs and sick children's fund.

The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that its Cerner EHR system has been partly or completely unusable at least 52 times since its launch in 2020, The Spokesman-Review reported May 8. 

The Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs failed to achieve interoperability during their deployment of their Cerner Millennium EHRs, according to a joint audit conducted by both departments' Offices of Inspector General.

Allscripts CEO Paul Black announced in an earnings call May 5 that he is stepping down from his position. 

Athenahealth added Nuance's Dragon Ambient eXperience to its digital marketplace.

Cerner reported $206.1 million in net earnings for the first quarter of 2022, up 20 percent from $172.3 million during the same period last year. 

Allscripts completed the sale of the net assets of its business segment for hospitals and large physician practices to N. Harris Computer Corp., a subsidiary of Constellation Software on May 2.

The Department of Veterans Affairs on April 30 launched a new Cerner EHR at the VA Central Ohio Healthcare System in Columbus.