EHRs

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data.

While 90 percent of hospitals have the certified EHR technology patients need to view, download and transmit their health information electronically, only 3 out of every 4 hospitals have enabled the tech function, according to a June ONC data brief. 

The Office of the National Health Coordinator for Health IT received $80 million to initiate or expand training, certification and degree programs in public health informatics and data science at minority-serving institutions, the agency said June 1. 

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is backing a digital medical image exchange with the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve interoperability and support fluid care between health systems.

Epic is rolling out a phased approach to return to work with the initial wave of its employees coming back to the Verona, Wis.-based EHR company's headquarters at least part-time starting July 19, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. 

Direct patient payments have become an increasingly critical source of revenue. However, many patients have traditionally not had easy access to payment information or online payment portals.

With the explosive growth in patient data and increase in hospital consolidations and health information exchange, mistakes in patient identification continue to plague hospitals and health systems.

From the announcement of CEO Brent Shafer's departure to new hospital partnerships and go-lives, here are seven updates on Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in May.  

The Department of Veterans Affairs' $16 billion plan to modernize its EHR with Cerner was underestimated by between $1 billion and $2.6 billion, as the budget didn't account for the physical infrastructure costs of the project, according to a May…

From its partnership with Anthem to new EHR market statistics, here are five updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in May.