EHRs

The Department of Veterans Affairs is requesting an 82 percent increase for spending in 2021 on its EHR modernization project, according to a Feb. 12 FCW report.

While most hospitals and health systems have made the transition from paper medical records to an electronic system, physicians are still required to adapt to changes as EHRs are optimized beyond initial implementation.

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.

Most healthcare providers and health information exchanges agree that faulty data entry is the largest source of patient identification and matching errors in the U.S, according to a recent eHealth Initiative report.

HealthPartners tapped Patientco, a patient payment technology platform, to streamline payment processing across its Epic software products, according to a Feb. 11 news release.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will extend its existing software agreement with Allscripts through 2026, according to a Feb. 12 news release.

Cerner CFO Marc Naughton sold 176,000 shares, totaling about $13.9 million, of company stock, according to a Feb. 7 SEC filing.

Most community hospitals evaluating cloud-based replacement systems for their EHRs rate Allscripts as the top EHR product offering, according to a recent Black Book report.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will delay the launch of its $16 billion Cerner EHR system, which was scheduled to deploy at a Spokane, Wash.-based facility in March, according to a Feb. 10 FCW report.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth will begin a multimillion-dollar transition from its Cerner system to a new Epic EHR in March.