EHRs

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital partnered with Oracle Health to reduce its median environmental services response time by 29%. The hospital had been dealing with patient flow challenges resulting from cleaning turnaround times and discharge delays. With Oracle Health’s…

Ambulatory providers are increasingly looking to their EHR vendors for new functionalities and technologies but still rely heavily on third-party companies for tasks like patient engagement and intake and ambient speech, KLAS Research reported Feb. 9. Here are the top…

Major EHR vendors are moving deeper into AI-driven clinical workflow tools, with new releases aimed at reducing documentation burden and automating tasks during patient visits. On Feb. 2, Oracle Health expanded its Clinical AI Agent to help clinicians automate the…

HHS is asking for public comments on the potential regulation of diagnostic imaging technology to improve interoperability. The input will help the agency “explore the best and least burdensome ways to support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health…

Over 130,000 individuals have enrolled to be organ donors through a new feature on Epic’s MyChart patient portal. The EHR vendor launched the organ donation button in May, and since then half of its health system customers have adopted the…

Oracle remains “committed” to its mission of transforming healthcare, according to Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences. “Whether it is helping to bring new therapies to market faster, streamlining prior authorization processes,…

Epic and InterSystems led KLAS Research’s global acute care EHR ratings with the most regions represented. Here are the top-rated EHRs globally, by region, according to the market intelligence firm’s Feb. 4 report, based on its surveys of over 23,000…

Epic has rolled out AI Charting, a built-in tool that listens during patient visits and drafts clinicians’ notes and suggested orders in real time. The feature is part of Epic’s expanding set of AI capabilities built directly into its software,…

KLAS Research released its annual “Best in KLAS” report Feb. 4, ranking healthcare technology vendors and service providers across more than 140 market segments based on feedback from the clinicians and administrators who use them. The report, now in its…

Oracle Health is expanding its Clinical AI Agent to help clinicians automate the creation of clinical orders during patient appointments. The tool now supports automated order creation for laboratory tests, imaging and diagnostic studies, new and refilled prescription medications, follow-up…