EHRs

Allscripts announced July 30 that Strata Decision Technology will acquire its healthcare decision analytics and budgeting business Epsi for $365 million.

Here are 11 updates on Cerner's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in July.

Cerner announced July 30 it will integrate Nuance's virtual assistant tech into its Millennium EHR, allowing clinicians to navigate the platform using voice commands.

Morgan City, La.-based Ochsner St. Mary, previously known as Teche Regional Medical Center, implemented Epic EHR, according to a report from St.MaryNow, a website powered by the Banner Tribune and Daily Review.

Nacogdoches (Texas) Memorial Hospital terminated a $20 million contract with Cerner this week, opting to instead remain using its current Cerner EHR rather than transitioning to the vendor's Community Works platform. 

Cerner bought an unnamed cybersecurity company in the second quarter for $35 million, an acquisition the EHR company's CFO called "pretty small," when it was revealed during its recent earnings call.

KLAS released a new report detailing the health IT vendors and solutions healthcare providers count on most during the pandemic.

Cerner posted $1.33 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2020, down 7 percent from the same period the previous year.

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.

Discarded medical records from a shuttered clinic in Wilmington, N.C., were found in a dumpster behind the facility, according to a report from the StarNews Online, a local media outlet.