EHRs / Interoperability

The Chicago-based ARC Innovation Center at Sheba Medical Center on Jan. 27 selected DeepScribe, an artificial intelligence-powered medical documentation company, as the winner of its innovation challenge.

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health will connect 21 of its hospitals to California's health information network Manifest MedEx, according to a Jan. 25 news release.

Information blocking among EHR vendors and health systems is still common despite policymakers' recent efforts to ban such practices, according to a January study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

More than 40 percent of adults age 50 and older have not set up accounts for their health system's patient portal, which could make it more difficult for them to book appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, according to recent data…

The New York State Office of Mental Health will work with Cerner to deploy a new hosted billing system over the next 10 years, according to a Jan. 20 news release.

Mark Erceg will join Cerner as the Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR company's new executive vice president and CFO, effective Feb. 22. 

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Campuses recently went live on the Little Rock-based health system's Epic EHR, according to a Jan. 13 news release.

Cerner CEO Brent Shafer recently outlined four "big picture strategies" the Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR vendor plans to double down on in support of its providers, patients and population health initiatives.

HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will grant nearly $20 million in funds to improve tracking and sharing of COVID-19 vaccination data among healthcare providers. 

Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health began notifying patients Jan. 15 that a former employee had viewed their protected health information without an appropriate business reason.