EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System has successfully launched Epic across its entire organization, completing a roughly $160 million EHR transition. Sarasota Memorial said in an Oct. 4 Facebook post that the systemwide launch included First Physicians Group offices, outpatient…
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner’s wealth has expanded exponentially since she started the EHR company in a Wisconsin basement apartment in the late 1970s. Ms. Faulkner has built Epic into an industry powerhouse since its humble beginnings. The company…
Epic has put cybersecurity increasingly at the center of its strategy in 2026, from deploying advanced AI against its own software to pushing faster patching and scrutinizing access to patient records through national data exchanges. The focus intensified in recent…
For many clinicians, the ambient scribe has become the first artificial intelligence tool to deliver immediate, tangible benefit. Some even call it “a lifesaver.” It listens during the patient encounter, creates a draft note and reduces the time clinicians spend…
Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota will launch Epic across its hospitals, clinics and specialty care sites Oct. 3, following an investment of more than $175 million. The new EHR will replace multiple systems, consolidating clinical, scheduling, registration, billing and operational workflows into…
Epic has given its customers no shortage of AI to turn on, from Art for clinicians to Emmie for patients to Penny for revenue cycle teams. For many health systems, the more telling decisions are about which tools stay off…
The American Joint Replacement Registry became the first registry to accept patient data through Epic’s Community Registries framework, allowing participating hospitals to automate the submission of joint replacement data. Carbondale-based Southern Illinois Healthcare is the first health system to use…
Dozens of hospitals have had their patient data compromised by a 2025 breach of Oracle Health’s legacy Cerner systems. Health systems continue to alert patients of the hack that occurred as early as Jan. 22, 2025. Oracle Health asked healthcare…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is making OpenEvidence available to clinical teams across the health system through existing EHR workflows beginning Oct. 1. Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, care managers, therapists and other clinical roles will have access to the resource, which helps…
Meditech’s Traverse Exchange network connects more than 800 facilities across 200 organizations, providing access to health information for more than 43 million patients nationwide. The interoperability network spans 45 states and U.S. territories and has facilitated the exchange of more…