More than 80% of healthcare organizations are using a public cloud provider; however, few have fully transitioned their IT infrastructure away from on-premises systems, a July 22 report from KLAS Research found. KLAS’ report includes responses from 36 health systems…
EHRs / Interoperability
From expanding interoperability efforts and launching AI-driven tools to forming new partnerships and educational offerings, here is a look at EHR vendor Epic Systems’ biggest moves so far in 2025, as reported by Becker’s:
Epic continues to lead the field in patient engagement technology, according to a July 18 report from healthcare analytics firm KLAS. The Patient Engagement 2025 report is based on feedback from 67 healthcare organizations, most of which are acute care…
Two major health systems say their most valuable data-related investments this year are already making an impact — one through a custom AI-powered tool for clinical workflows, the other through a modernized enterprise data foundation. Becker’s asked two health systems:…
With all the mergers and acquisitions in healthcare, IT departments might be forgiven for experiencing a bit of whiplash. But IT integration can be a smooth process, provided that thoughtful procedures are in place to guide the transition, health system…
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HHS continues to prioritize interoperability through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA. Here are three of the agency’s plans for TEFCA for the remainder of 2025, according to a July 7 blog post from Steven Posnack, principal…
Patient portal use is on the rise, as more patients access their medical information online, increasingly through apps, HHS reported. Here are six things to know about patient portal adoption, according to the July report from the Office of the…
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a fiscal year 2026 funding package totaling $153.5 billion that includes $3.5 billion to continue modernizing the Department of Veterans Affairs’ EHR system. The allocation is part of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related…
Seventy-one percent of chief medical information officers have received a salary increase of less than 10% over the past year, though the percentage of CMIOs making over $350,000 a year has risen from 56% in 2023 to 83% in 2025,…
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has developed an AI-powered virtual assistant designed to support clinicians with various tasks in its Epic EHR system. The tool, named CHIPPER, was developed by Stephon Proctor, PhD, a board-certified clinical psychologist and associate professor of…