EHRs

Here are 13 updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in October. 

Over the past three months, Meditech has forged EHR-based partnerships with several healthcare providers as well as the American Health Information Management Association.

Over the past three months, Allscripts has inked partnerships with several healthcare providers to develop health IT software and sold off some of its own businesses in multimillion and a billion-dollar deal. 

Cleveland is the city with the highest rates of interoperability among hospitals in the U.S., according to a recent analysis by ONC.

Though the early months of the pandemic did not bode well for new tech-focused partnerships, Cerner has pursued several acquisitions and partnerships to improve its products and services in the past year.

Watertown, Mass.-based Athenahealth plans to hire more than 100 new employees over the next year at its Belfast, Maine-based office, according to an Oct. 27 Free Press report.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health transitioned its facilities in Franklin and Cumberland counties onto the system's Epic EHR, according to an Oct. 26 news release.

The Department of Veterans Affairs deployed the first capabilities of its new $16 billion Cerner EHR system on Oct. 24 at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., according to Federal News Network. 

Lyft partnered with Epic in early October on a new integration that allows healthcare workers to coordinate rides for patients directly from the EHR, a move that aims to ease transportation insecurities and reduce patient no-show rates.

Four healthcare providers have signed on to implement a new payer platform jointly developed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and EHR software giant Epic.