EHRs

As a leading EHR provider, healthcare executives pay attention when Epic forges new partnerships.

More than 20 healthcare organizations have expressed support for using the USPS standard when recording patients' addresses in the EHR to improve patient matching, according to Pew Charitable Trusts.

Sidney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center has begun the implementation process of a new Epic EHR system, according to KSID Radio News.

Allscripts reported bookings of $276 million in the second quarter of 2019, up 31 percent from $211 million during the same period in 2018.

Allscripts has reached a tentative agreement with the Department of Justice to pay $145 million to settle investigations of the EHR vendor's subsidiary Practice Fusion's compliance with HIPAA and the anti-kickback statute, according to company officials.

As healthcare continues to become less hospital-centric with more care delivered in outpatient and post-acute care settings, EHRs have been expected to adapt to rising technical demands brought about by this shift.

Quincy, Calif.-based Plumas District Hospital will install a Cerner-based EHR system this fall.

Cerner partnered with LifeCenters, a hospitality and senior living real estate development company, to develop centers that deliver primary care, pharmacy and fitness programs to senior-living communities across the country.

More than 900 Columba University Irving Medical Center staff have signed on to be "super users" during the New York City-based health system's upcoming Epic EHR go live.

El Dorado-based Medical Center of South Arkansas patients can now access their medical data on iPhone via Apple's Health Records application, El Dorado News-Times reports.