EHRs

Epic added digital health company Ada Health's artificial intelligence tools to its App Orchard online marketplace. 

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is using synthetic data to give researchers and students hands-on experience using the Epic EHR system without risking the privacy and welfare of actual patients. 

Oracle extended its tender offer for its proposed acquisition of Cerner for a second time, the company said March 15.

Epic and Cerner customers often turn to enterprise vendors for EHR-based artificial intelligence tools, but many also use the vendors' prebuilt tools, according to a KLAS report released March 10. KLAS surveyed 33 organizations that use Epic and 18 that…

Athenahealth added new features to its suite of electronic health records, medical billing and patient engagement initiatives based on customer feedback.

A glitch related to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cerner EHR forced a medical center, associated clinics and a healthcare system to halt operations, The Wall Street Journal reported March 8.

Epic released a new shared environment software service that will give small and independent physician groups access to Epic electronic health records.

HHS is working with healthcare organizations to roll out a single login for patients to access their medical records across multiple systems, Politico reported March 8.

Four of the top vendors hospitals and health systems use for their Medicare EHR incentive programs are Allscripts, Epic, Cerner and Meditech, according to ONC data.

Healthcare would benefit from more exploration of the vast amounts of EHR data available to clinicians and researchers, Cerner CEO David Feinberg, MD, wrote in a March 7 company blog post.