EHRs

Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital signed a seven-year agreement to transition to Cerner's EHR.

Medsphere Systems Corp., a provider of healthcare IT solutions and services, acquired Wellsoft Corp., developer of emergency department information systems.

Last May, Apple launched a feature in its Health app that allows users to store their medical records. To make this feature successful, Apple CEO Tim Cook has vocalized the importance of trust and privacy, according to NPR.

Researchers observed how medical teams in a New England-based academic medical center used their EHR and found significant challenges with functionality and workflow, potentially putting patients at risk.

Allscripts will integrate with ID.me, an identity software platform, to equip its EHR with multifactor authentication for providers electronically prescribing controlled substances.

Four of the top vendors hospitals used to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health launched new nursing and provider documentation services as the first two components of its Cerner EHR upgrade.

A member of the U.S. House Appropriations committee expressed frustration over the cost and length of Veteran Affair's $16 billion deal with Cerner to put the VA on the same records system as the Defense Department during a recent hearing…

The FDA extended its cancer research agreement with Flatiron Health, an oncology EHR vendor that Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche acquired in 2018.

Blessing Health System in Quincy, Ill., is expanding its 15-year partnership with Allscripts and adding more solutions.