EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Epic Systems and Oracle Health submitted letters to the Department of Health and Human Services in February outlining policy recommendations related to the adoption and use of AI in clinical care. The letters respond to HHS’ request for information on…
Oracle is losing several leaders in its health records division, Bloomberg reported March 2. Most recently, Senior Vice President of Product Management for Clinical and Healthcare AI Suhas Uliyar and Executive Vice President of Health and AI Sanga Viswanathan departed…
Oracle Health reported in February that its EHR is showing results, pointing to a roughly 30% drop in cleaning response time at an Illinois hospital, preventing discharge delays. “Oracle Health real-time health system solutions and the people and processes around…
The American Hospital Association is urging federal health IT officials to scale back and slow portions of a proposed interoperability overhaul, warning that eliminating key certification requirements could threaten patient safety and strain hospitals, particularly rural facilities. In a Feb.…
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health researchers are helping to “reimagine” the EHR with AI and machine learning. The bioinformacists are using the advanced technology to create EHR-based tools that assist physicians with diagnosing and treating disease, according to…
Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth is going live with Epic on March 1 after a two-year implementation. The six-hospital system selected its new EHR vendor in December 2023, embarking on what the organization called “one of the largest technology upgrades in our…
UNC Health, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has launched what it called the world’s first standardized rare-disease coding tool, integrating Mondo Disease Ontology codes into its EHR. As part of Epic’s February 2026 software update, health systems using IMO Core…
The American Hospital Association and Epic are teaming up to help hospitals reduce postpartum hemorrhage with EHR tools. The Safer Births PPH Collaborative is a seven-month program featuring monthly, expert-led sessions with strategies, best practices and interactive forums, according to…
Mayo Clinic Platform supports clinical research and AI development more effectively than traditional EHRs, according to researchers at the Rochester, Minn.-based health system. The Feb. 16 study in npj Health Systems demonstrated the capabilities of Mayo Clinic Platform, a cloud-based…
Nurses at Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy reduced their end-of-shift documentation time by 85% after adopting an Epic AI application. Art — Epic’s AI for clinicians — drafts care plan notes for nurses at the end of shifts, summarizing patients’ progress and…