EHRs

Northwestern Medicine is laying off 60 IT staffers after it launched a new health records system in March, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Epic approved PatientSafe Solutions' clinical communications tools for its App Orchard, the mobile clinical communication and workflow solutions company confirmed Aug. 2.

Bluetree Network, a Madison, Wis.-based Epic consulting firm, is reaping the benefits of Epic's massive healthcare presence, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

All three major publicly-traded EHR vendors saw their stock prices fall rise last week.

CommonWell Health Alliance and The Sequoia Project have taken strides toward integrating their services as part of a collaboration they announced in late 2016.

David Einhorn, hedge fund manager at investment firm Greenlight Capital, argued athenahealth isn't a software as a service company as it claims to be, according to Forbes.

Cerner reported its bookings were up 9 percent during the second quarter of 2018, hitting $1.78 billion, according to earnings results posted Aug. 2.

Allscripts reported $526 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2018, a 23 percent increase year-over-year, according to earnings results posted Aug. 2.

UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members can no longer access providers with the Aurora-based UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, according to The Denver Post.

Galway Clinic is now the first hospital in the United Kingdom and Ireland to go live on Meditech's newest EHR and patient administration system, a web-based platform called Expanse.