From expanding connections to the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement to new health system EHR go-lives, here are 11 updates on Epic’s operations, software products, and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in June:
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Cleveland-based University Hospitals has built capabilities into Epic to detect an underdiagnosed form of arthritis. The 20-plus hospital system’s IT team developed an EHR application to identify patients at risk for axial spondyloarthritis, or axSpA, a type of arthritis caused…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs secretary is asking for an additional $3.5 billion for the agency’s Oracle Health EHR project, MeriTalk reported. However, President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2026 budget includes a $2.17 billion increase for the EHR rollout, while…
Cottonwood, Idaho-based St. Mary’s Health and Orofino, Idaho-based Clearwater Valley Health are transitioning to a Meditech EHR. Here are five things to know: 1. The two critical access hospitals picked Meditech in August to connect to their parent health system,…
EHRs have evolved over the last few years to include artificial intelligence, ambient listening and more automated workflows. They are now sophisticated platforms operating as the organization’s IT backbone. Epic has become a favorite EHR among health systems. It’s installed…
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Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health has begun an 18-month project to replace its current EHR system with Epic. The health system plans to go live with the system on Nov. 1, 2026, according to a news release Trinity Health shared with…
Epic Systems is celebrating 45 years of healthcare innovation by adhering to a principle it has upheld since its inception: building everything in-house, with patients and clinicians at the center. Epic, founded in 1979 by Judith Faulkner in a Madison,…
Black Book Research has named the top EHR-native patient accounting systems. The IT market intelligence firm selected the finalists based on a nationwide survey of 12,000 healthcare professionals on such factors as performance, interoperability, financial outcomes and user satisfaction, according…
Waukon, Iowa-based Veterans Memorial Hospital went live with an Epic EHR on June 14 — all for the relatively low price of $3.88 million. As a 25-bed critical access hospital, the organization typically wouldn’t have access to Epic, which usually…
Hospitals across the country are turning to technology to lighten the load for nurses and streamline clinical workflows. Ideas and opportunities to streamline clinical work are a dime a dozen; but what actually works? Regina Foley, PhD, RN, executive vice…