EHRs

HHS on Aug. 12 announced a new $2.5 million funding opportunity intended to improve electronic health information data exchange among health information exchanges and state and local public health agencies. 

Providence Services Group acquired a Meditech consulting firm that serves hospitals across the U.S.

Fairbury, Neb.-based Jefferson Community Health & Life plans to implement a new Cerner EHR on Aug. 17, according to a report from the Beatrice Daily Sun.

Allscripts welcomed Carol Zierhoffer to its board of directors, serving as a member of the board's audit committee, according to an Aug. 10 news release.

More than three quarters of the Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities do not use its healthcare information exchange program, according to an Aug. 6 VA Office of the Inspector General report.

The pandemic has delayed EHR go-lives and upgrades at hospitals and health systems this year, but some have still pulled off Cerner implementations.

Epic is adjusting its return-to-work requirements for staff by pushing back its required on-campus return date and consulting experts and organizations such as Cleveland Clinic to review its plans, according to an Aug. 9 WMTV report. 

Here are three hospitals and health systems that have attributed operating losses to their EHR projects in the past year.

Even in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, 10 hospitals and health systems across the country have gone live with a new Epic EHR system during 2020.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to resume its $16 billion Cerner EHR go-live in October after delays earlier this year, according to an Aug. 6 Politico report.