EHRs

Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, the waiting period for Oracle to acquire Cerner expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on Feb. 22.

Epic's pioneering EHR system continues to be enormously influential in the healthcare industry —  from giving patients access to their medical records using MyChart to having the largest EHR market share among acute care hospitals.

Cerner posted $5.77 billion in revenue in 2021, up 5 percent from $5.5 billion in 2020.

WVU Medicine gave the Marion County Health Department access to its Epic EHR system with the goal of improving care coordination, WVNews reported Feb. 20.

Cerner has partnered with the Elizabeth Dole Foundation to create a clinical council that will work to include caregivers in the process of deciding on care for patients.

Allscripts' C-suite sought leadership experience from across a diverse portfolio.

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

Meditech's executive leaders tailored the company's electronic health record systems to meet the needs of healthcare systems and hospitals.

Cerner entered into an agreement with the U.S. Social Security Administration to help simplify patient disability benefits claims through clinical electronic health record retrieval.

When managing patients at risk of diabetes, EHRs prove useful, and physicians who use them are more likely to refer patients to the National Diabetes Prevention Program, according to a study in the February 2022 issue of American Journal of…