EHRs

Physicians say overwhelming amounts of information and slow system response times from EHRs are some of the main causes attributed to increased levels of stress and burnout.

Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System will implement an Epic EHR after expanding its partnership with Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

Cerner is looking for more health systems to join St. Joseph's Health and Indiana University Health as testing partners for its new EHR voice assistance technology.

Here are seven digital alerts and tools that hospitals and health systems have developed or integrated with their EHR systems since June.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health resumed its Epic EHR install after a temporary pause amid the pandemic and has a new timeline for full implementation.

The Department of Veterans Affairs migrated patient data for approximately 88,000 veterans to its new Cerner EHR system ahead of its go-live at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center later this month, according to an Oct. 15 news release. 

Christus Trinity Clinic in Texarkana, Texas, has launched its new Epic EHR system, it said this week.

Strata Decision Technology announced Oct. 15 it completed its $365 million acquisition of Epsi, Allscripts' healthcare decision analytics and budgeting business.

Banner Health will implement Innovaccer's interoperability platform as part of its patient data consolidation strategy, according to an Oct. 15 news release.