EHRs

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.

Seven chief innovation and digital officers from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. share the tools on their EHR wish lists. 

Over the past few months, Cerner has grown its partnerships with healthcare players including Amazon and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and appointed new executives.

Cerner hired Ron Lattomus as its new director of federal programs, including the Department of Veterans Affairs' EHR modernization project, according to a Sept. 14 Executive Biz report.

The American Health Information Management Association will provide EHR digital training for 16,000 students at more than 300 colleges and universities using Meditech's Expanse system. 

Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth went live on a new Meditech EHR system, according to a Sept. 11 Portsmouth Daily Times report.

Epic CEO Judy Faulkner made five key predictions about healthcare during an interview with Business Insider.

Over the past few months, Epic has inked partnerships to improve interoperability and information exchange between providers and continued work on new artificial intelligence technologies.

Improving the documentation of medical treatment in electronic health records improves the quality of care patients receive and has a positive downstream effect on hospitals' revenue.

Finland officials partnered with Cerner to help build a new digital platform that will combine healthcare and social services, providing citizens with access to integrated outpatient and inpatient care, behavioral healthcare and family services, according to a Sept. 10 news…