Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health is implementing ambient listening for clinical documentation from healthcare AI company Abridge. The $425 million rural health system began piloting the technology Dec. 2, integrating the ambient AI into its Epic EHR. Feedback from this…
EHRs / Interoperability
Improving the EHR experience is emerging as a critical strategy for reducing clinician turnover, according to KLAS Research‘s Dec. 3 “Clinician Turnover 2025” report. The report analyzes data from the Arch Collaborative, including survey responses from physicians and nurses at…
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital employees continue to deal with problems with the agency’s new Oracle Health EHR ahead of a big expansion of the system, The Washington Post reported Dec 3. The VA put the EHR rollout on…
Patients of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente are increasingly opting for e-visits, a JAMA Network Open analysis found. Here are six key takeaways from the study of the asynchronous message-based visits, according to a Dec. 2 health system news release: 1.…
Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital is looking for a health system partner, with a recent cyberattack contributing to its financial challenges, Lookout Santa Cruz (Calif.) reported. The 106-bed hospital has been talking to organizations including Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter…
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Reserving daily time for EHR work only slightly decreases physician productivity, suggesting that alleviating clinician burnout in this fashion may not compromise revenue, a Dec. 2 JAMA Network Open study found. Here are five things to know from the research…
The HHS Office for Civil Rights is soliciting questions for a video the department is producing about a HIPAA rule. The prerecorded video will review the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule’s risk management implementation specification. Nicholas Heesters, senior advisor…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for $46 million over claims it shared patient data with tech companies. Several patients sued the health system in 2023, asserting that its consumer-behavior tracking technologies transmitted their personal…
Hospital and health system leaders expect strong gains from AI and other digital tools in 2026, Black Book Market Research reported. Here are four things to know from the survey of 202 health system executives and 84 board members published…
Several health systems are making major bets on new Epic EHR platforms and expect to see substantial returns, with leaders pointing to application consolidation, efficiency gains and reduced administrative burden as key drivers. Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health expects its Epic…