Waukon, Iowa-based Veterans Memorial Hospital is taking a financial loss from a recent Epic EHR implementation, the Waukon Standard reported. The 25-bed critical access hospital went live June 14 with Epic for a cost of $3.88 million, with the EHR…
EHRs / Interoperability
The professional journey of Michael Ash, MD, has taken him from EHR vendor Cerner to a health system IT executive to, now, the CEO of Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine. It’s a unique career path that has given him distinct insights into…
Meditech has partnered with AvoMD to embed the company’s AI scribe technology into its Expanse EHR. Avo’s ambient listening tool will now be available natively to hospitals using Meditech, offering AI-driven support for clinical documentation, care recommendations, differential diagnoses, clinical…
Spokane, Wash.-based Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center has fired 15 nurses for violating HIPAA, The Spokesman-Review in Spokane reported. The hospital claims the nurses improperly accessed the medical records of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide in April, according…
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has created a new leadership role: associate chief health informatics officer for EHR platform and innovation. Stephon Proctor, PhD, assumed the position on July 1. In the role, Dr. Proctor will focus on strategic leadership, EHR…
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Epic is incorporating AI into charting in its EHR to make clinicians’ jobs easier, the company said. “AI in Epic is like a new digital workforce that’s part of the care team,” Brad Fox, MD, director of clinical informatics at…
Oracle has rolled out a new EHR system for ambulatory providers in the U.S., built with AI to streamline workflows and reduce administrative tasks. The cloud-native platform, developed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, uses voice commands to allow clinicians to access…
The Trump administration has promised to fix interoperability and eliminate the need for clipboards in healthcare once and for all. Will the plan work? “Today, the dream of easily transportable, electronic medical records finally becomes a reality,” President Donald Trump…
Over 9,200 healthcare organizations have joined a national network for EHR interoperability. Here are four things to know from an Aug. 6 Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/ONC blog post: 1. The organizations have signed on to the Trusted Exchange Framework…
Epic has designated NESA’s virtual care platform as the first inpatient virtual care solution in its toolbox, effective Aug. 11. The platform has met Epic’s standards for inpatient integration and functionality, according to an Aug. 11 news release from NESA.…