EHRs

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem recently completed a precision medicine program that adds patients' genetic testing information into its Epic EHR to alert clinicians of potential medication interactions.

Three members of President Donal Trump's informal group at Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., made numerous recommendations from 2016-18 on various Department of Veterans Affairs initiatives, including its $16 billion EHR contact with Cerner, according to a recent Government…

From cyberattacks, vendor system updates or even a cyclone, EHR outages and downtime can happen to any hospital at any time.

Beth Altman, former executive at KPMG accounting firm, joined Allscripts' board of directors as a member of the audit committee of the board, according to a June 2 news release. 

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.

A new COVID-19 outbreak at a local veterans home in Spokane, Wash., may cause the Department of Veterans Affairs to further delay its Cerner EHR rollout to the fall, according to Politco. 

American Hospital Dubai is teaming up with Cerner to open the health system's first artificial intelligence research center in support of clinical AI and data analytics initiatives. 

Revenue cycle management services provider R1 announced June 3 it will acquire Cerner's RevWorks services business and commercial, non-federal client relationships. 

While patient identification and matching are not new issues for healthcare, the COVID-19 pandemic has "exposed deep-seated and long-standing deficiencies in the underlying technology infrastructure" for patient data sharing among providers, according to a commentary article published in npj Digital…

Wausau, Wis.-based North Central Health Care will roll out a new Cerner EHR system across its three multispecialty behavioral healthcare facilities.