EHRs

To help combat physician burnout driven by EHR data entry, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare developed a new team-based staffing model that provides physicians with greater in-room support for clerical work, according to a Jan. 30 American Medical Association report.

For the 10th consecutive year, Epic scooped up the No. 1 spot on KLAS Research's 2020 Overall Software Suite Rankings.

The U.S. Government Accountability office rejected Nuance Communications' protest of the Department of Veterans Affair's $10 billion contract with Cerner, which includes a clinical documentation improvement task order that Nuance claimed should have been bid out separately.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust experienced EHR downtime on Jan. 28 due to technical issues with its Cerner system, The Herald reports.

A group of nearly 30 healthcare organizations and IT companies, including Apple, Microsoft and the American Medical Informatics Association, sent a letter today to HHS and the Office of Management and Budget urging officials to swiftly release the finalized version…

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.

Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield awarded $817,000 to the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership to help rural hospitals and clinics in the state participate in its patient data sharing network, according to a Jan. 28 news release.

Epic, Cerner, Microsoft and other prominent health IT companies and executives are speaking up about HHS' proposed interoperability rule ahead of its anticipated finalization next month.

The Vermont Health Information Exchange is giving state residents the chance to opt out of its HIE until March 1, according to a Jan. 29 Burlington Free Press report. 

Van Nuys, Calif.-based Valley Presbyterian Hospital implemented CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality's EHR data sharing program, according to a Jan. 28 news release.