EHRs

Piedmont Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center went live on an Epic EHR Aug. 1, scrapping the Cerner system the hospital had implemented four years ago.

KLAS Research released a report on health IT consulting firms in July to evaluate which firms offer the most support with healthcare providers' go-lives.

Monterey, Calif.-based Montage Health went live on the Epic EHR system Aug. 1.

Virginia is the first state to launch a program that connects each hospital's emergency department with an electronic patient records system, WRIC reports.

The Australian government is working to create a national EHR for all 24.7 million of its citizens by December 2018, but not everyone wants to participate, IEEE Spectrum reports.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions heard testimonies from lawmakers and other witnesses about the need for improved interoperability among EHR systems, MeriTalk reports.

The HHS Office of Inspector General fined eClinicalWorks $132,550 for violating a 2017 agreement with the Justice Department, which had required the vendor to report patient safety issues with its EHR in a timely manner.

Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth saw an eventful second quarter, including the departure of its co-founder and CEO Jonathan Bush and a takeover bid by activist investor Elliott Management, but the the drama didn't shake up the health IT vendor's earnings results.…

Fredericksburg, Va.-based Mary Washington Healthcare implemented the Epic EHR system across its organization.

The U.S. Defense Department said the reason it extended the contract value for its EHR overhaul by $1.1 billion was to assist in EHR standardization across the Coast Guard and the Veterans Affairs Department.