EHRs

The U.S.Defense Department is planning to increase its health records contract with Cerner by $1.1 billion, officials said July 24, according to Nextgov.

The EHR Association released its new roster of executive committee members, who began their terms July 1.

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

Phoenix-based Banner Health's $45 million switch from Epic to Cerner at its Tucson, Ariz.-based hospitals and clinics resulted in "numerous" reports of medical errors, state records obtained by the Arizona Daily Star show.

For the first time since 2003, construction has hit a standstill at Epic's 1,100-acre headquarters in Verona, Wis., according to Xconomy.

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling on individual arbitration clauses, employees at Epic are continuing their fight for overtime wages, according to a WKOW report.

Reducing the default number for postoperative opioids in an EMR can help lower the number of opioids prescribed to patients after surgery, according to a new study published in JAMA Surgery.

Located just outside of the Wisconsin Capital city of Madison sits Epic, the EHR vendor that has helped shape patient electronic data storage since its inception in 1979.

Hospitals often don't share clinical information with facilities treating shared patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

The design, development and implementation of EHRs must be improved, not only to strengthen usability for clinicians, but also to enhance patient safety, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.