EHRs / Interoperability

Hyannis, Mass.-based Cape Cod Healthcare launched a multimillion dollar Epic EHR system after a two-year transition process.

Hospitals that use a health information exchange and a dominant health IT developer located within their city have higher rates of interoperability and are more likely to have information available than hospitals with neither, according to a recent ONC analysis.

The pandemic has changed the operational trajectory for Epic, just as it has for all businesses, but the EHR giant still established several tech-focused partnerships in the past 12 months.

Allscripts reported $402 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2020, down 9.5 percent from $444 million during the same time period last year.

Epic is having a busy fall, sparked by health systems preparing for new surges of COVID-19 and flu season.

Here are seven updates on Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in October.

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on Oct. 29 released a new timeline of compliance dates for certain requirements related to its information-blocking rules. 

Over the past few months, four of the largest EHR companies have inked new partnerships with tech giants, launched new products and continued go-lives at hospitals and health systems across the U.S.

Cerner posted $1.37 billion in revenue for the third quarter of 2020, down 3 percent from $1.43 billion during the same time last year.

Cerner executive vice president and CFO Marc Naughton is leaving his post at the Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR company in 2021.