EHRs

Jonathan Bush is now executive chairman of Firefly Health, a Boston-based startup for primary care, Boston Globe reports.

Luis Borgen will lead Athenahealth's finance organization as the Watertown, Mass.-based EHR vendor's new CFO.

Pankaj Jandwani, MD, regional vice president of medical affairs and chief innovation officer at MidMichigan Health, joined the Midland, Mich.-based health system more than 17 years ago.

EHRs should offer more extensive financial information relating to patients' cost of care to foster transparency between providers and patients, according to pulmonary and critical care physician Walter J. O'Donnell, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Darrell Johnson will join Cerner as chief marketing officer, a newly created role at the company.

Grinnell (Iowa) Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, will deploy an Epic EHR system Sept. 29.  

Judy Faulkner, Epic founder and CEO, discussed the culture she has spearheaded at the EHR company and why she values a "yes, if" approach to strategy during The Cap Times Idea Fest Sept. 14 in Madison, Wis., according to The Cap…

Rolla, Mo.-based Phelps Health plans to deploy an Epic EHR system by late 2020, according to Rolla Daily News.

Incorporating prescription drug prices in EHRs could help improve price transparency as well as sway physicians from ordering as many expensive diagnostic tests, according to the American Medical Association.  

Cerner announced Sept. 12 five finalists for its annual Code App Challenge, which encourages third-party developers to design applications to integrate with EHR systems to improve consumers' access to health information.