EHRs

Five Mississippi hospitals are getting ready to go live with Epic on Jan. 31. South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, Magee General Hospital, Covington County Hospital in Collins, Simpson General Hospital in Mendenhall and Smith County Emergency Hospital in…

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health launched a digital tool through MyChart that allows patients to register as organ, eye and tissue donors directly within their health portal. Since the October rollout, more than 2,300 patients have registered, placing the system…

Emojis are increasingly appearing in EHR, according to a new analysis of clinical notes that suggests informal digital symbols are making limited but growing inroads into healthcare communication. Researchers reviewed 218.1 million clinical notes from 1.6 million patients and identified…

University of California San Diego Health in San Diego reduced Epic EHR training time by more than 75% using an adaptive learning platform. The health system, which onboards about 1,000 clinicians annually, implemented a confidence-based learning platform to personalize training.…

Penn Medicine is taking an uncommon step with its next major ambulatory project, bringing its electronic health record vendor into the building design process from the outset. The Philadelphia-based health system is working closely with Epic to reimagine workflows, technology…

Epic, OCHIN, Reid Health (Richmond, Ind.), Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.) and UMass Memorial Health (Worcester, Mass.) have filed a lawsuit accusing Health Gorilla and a network of companies and individuals of fraudulently accessing and monetizing sensitive patient medical records through…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has completed the first large-scale phase of its systemwide EHR rollout, bringing Meditech Expanse live at 43 hospitals. The hospitals are now operating on the cloud-based EHR platform, according to a Jan. 13 news release from…

Digital health equity gaps exist in patient portal engagement, even among older adults with chronic conditions who could benefit most from digital tools, according to research in the American Journal of Managed Care. Here are six takeaways from the Jan.…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has launched Observer, a multimodal medical dataset that captures anonymized, real-time interactions between patients and clinicians. Developed by researchers at the university’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, Observer links video, audio and transcripts to clinical data…

Collins, Miss.-based Covington County Hospital plans to transition to Epic as its EHR platform, with full implementation expected by Jan. 31, according to a Jan. 7 news release. Gregg Gibbes, CEO of Covington County Hospital, said the move will enable…