EHRs

Epic, Cerner, Allscripts and Meditech are four of the largest EHR vendors in the industry, making up a combined 77 percent of the overall market share. 

Cerner is teaming up with Apple in support of the tech giant's new health data sharing feature slated to become available this fall, according to a June 8 news release. 

Many clinicians cite EHRs as a source of burnout but don't have much control over which tools they can use and how they are designed, according to a June 8 article by the American Medical Association.

Backed by the support of smaller hospitals and its scalable clinical systems, Cerner has secured a quarter of the overall U.S. hospital EHR market share, according to KLAS Research.

Epic delivers a fully integrated product suite and the most adopted patient information interoperability tech to hospitals, but many organizations may see the Verona, Wis.-based EHR vendor's significant upfront cost as a barrier, according to KLAS Research. 

Apple on June 7 announced a slew of new health features for its iPhone, Apple Watch and Health Records app, including the ability to share health information with loved ones or a provider. 

Boxes containing hundreds of Hope Medical patients' health records were found scattered along the side of a road about 30 miles from the Stone Mountain, Ga.-based medical group's practice, according to a June 4 WSB-TV report. 

As health data breaches steadily increase, hospitals and health systems are equipping their EHR systems with patient privacy monitoring tools to promote safe access to medical records. 

Eleanor Slater Hospital, a state-run psychiatric hospital in Cranston, R.I., is pointing to outdated patient records, some older than a decade, as one of the driving factors behind discharge challenges it has been experiencing, according to a June 3 Providence…

Cerner plans to launch a new hybrid work model this fall that will let employees choose between working at the Kansas City, Mo.-based company's headquarters or from a remote location, The Kansas City Star reports.