EHRs

Most large health systems have spent the last several years working toward a single, unified EHR platform. But getting there is rarely quick.  Mergers, acquisitions and phased rollouts mean many of the country’s biggest hospitals and health systems are still…

The American Medical Association is launching an initiative to develop and deploy SNOMED CT to CPT terminology mappings that support electronic prior authorization. The project aims to reduce administrative burden for physicians and help patients receive timely care by connecting…

Nicklaus Children’s Health System is putting a number on its Epic rollout, and its president and CEO wants people to understand what that number is actually for. Matthew A. Love, president and CEO of the Miami-based health system, told Becker’s…

A widely used surgical risk tool — developed with federal funding and freely available online — has long been off-limits for EHR integration. That may be changing, but health system leaders say the damage from years of workflow friction has…

The hospitalist note template inside New Orleans-based Ochsner Health’s Epic system had gone unchanged for nearly a decade. This June, the 46-hospital system, which spans Louisiana and Mississippi, rebuilt it from the ground up and rolled it out everywhere at…

Dozens of hospitals have had their patient data compromised by a 2025 breach of Oracle Health’s legacy Cerner systems. Health systems continue to alert patients of the hack that occurred as early as Jan. 22, 2025. Oracle Health asked healthcare…

There is a common misconception that artificial intelligence (AI) will improve efficiency steadily and uniformly across healthcare, from primary care offices to hospital ICUs. Instead, what is now emerging is a divergence in how AI impacts different care settings. AI…

Meditech announced the death of Chief Business Development Officer Jim Merlin, who spent four decades with the electronic health record company. Mr. Merlin joined Meditech in 1986 as controller before serving as chief accounting officer from 2014 to 2022. He…

As Baptist Health Care prepares to transition to Epic, the Pensacola, Fla.-based health system is viewing the move as more than an EHR replacement. Instead, Vice President and CIO Kory Hudson told Becker’s the platform will be a key part…

Federal regulators have delayed a final update to the HIPAA Security Rule until at least July 2027 while continuing work on other healthcare regulations focused on patient access and interoperability, BankInfoSecurity reported July 8. Here are six things to know: