EHRs

Carrollton, Ga.-based Tanner Health launched a new Epic EHR at its nearly 40 outpatient clinics and urgent care facilities July 1, Star News Online reports.

Compared to Google, Medicare Advantage provider directories contained less accurate information, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Allscripts company CarePort Health, which provides post-acute outcomes management software to ACOs and hospitals, is teaming up with Georgia Hospital Health Services to provide care coordination solutions to hospitals statewide.

Piedmont Columbus (Ga.) Regional launched an Epic EHR at several of its campuses as part of Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare's $30M project to implement a single records system.

Allscripts is making its patient engagement platform FollowMyHealth available to Microsoft HealthVault users to transition their health data to before Microsoft shuts down its service in November.

Once a month, University of Missouri Health at Columbia clinicians attend an "EMR happy hour" session to troubleshoot issues regarding charting, documentation and ordering within the EMR, according to a study published in Annals of Family Medicine.

Medtronic veteran Tracy Platt will serve as Cerner's new executive vice president and chief human resources officer, effective July 15.

OpenNotes, an international movement that supports the use of online patient portals to connect patients with their clinical notes, announced July 2 that more than 40 million patients now have access to notes written by their providers.

The Cerner EHR implementation at Washington's Department of Social and Health Services is currently delayed as the state negotiates its $32 million contract with the EHR vendor, the Tacoma News Tribune reports. 

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.