EHRs

San Francisco-based Dignity Health Management Services will implement Innovaccer's data platform, which gathers patient data from multiple sources to streamline care coordination and population health insights, according to an Aug. 25 news release.

EHR and EMR management systems contain vast deposits of data, often leaving healthcare professionals feeling overwhelmed and unsure of how to manage the information efficiently. However, there are strategies available to help standardize clinical staff's interactions with these systems.

Allscripts recently secured five new patents that aim to improve healthcare delivery and innovation, according to an Aug. 25 news release.

The Department of Veterans Affairs on Aug. 24 announced the first go-live of its EHR modernization program, launching a new centralized scheduling solution at an Ohio VA medical center. 

New York-based United Health Services is transitioning to Epic, according to a report from the Press & Sun-Bulletin, a local New York publication.

A U.S. appeals court on Aug. 20 ruled that the $280 million in punitive damages Indian consultancy group Tata was ordered to pay Epic Systems be reassessed, according to Law360. 

Nuance announced Aug. 20 that its virtual assistant is now integrated with Epic's ambient voice technology "Hey Epic!" in the EHR's front-end software Hyperspace.

Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, tapped Allscripts to provide and develop health IT software and solutions across its ARC Innovation Center in Chicago, according to an Aug. 19 news release. 

Cerner is teaming up with Testing for America to support efforts to bring rapid and affordable COVID-19 testing to students, faculty and staff at historically Black colleges and universities. 

EHR giant Epic plans to merge four of its departments into one larger application services division, according to an Aug. 14 email to staff obtained by Channel 3000.