EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Oceanside, N.Y.-based Mount Sinai South Nassau has implemented an Epic EHR system. The system, according to a LinkedIn post from Mount Sinai, integrates dozens of clinical and communication platforms into a single ecosystem. Mount Sinai South Nassau, a flagship hospital…
A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals who were reportedly employed by U.S. cybersecurity firms in connection with ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Tyler Martin were charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern…
Epic Systems has filed its formal response to Particle Health’s antitrust lawsuit, denying all allegations that it engaged in anticompetitive conduct or defamation against the health data exchange startup. New York City-based Particle Health sued the Verona, Wis.-based EHR giant…
Boston-based athenahealth introduced an AI-native clinical encounter that uses ambient and generative artificial intelligence to streamline documentation, decision-making and orders during the patient visit. The experience includes athenaAmbient, an ambient digital scribe that drafts diagnoses, prescriptions and clinical notes from…
Seventeen healthcare organizations using Epic’s software are now connected to a federally backed health information network. The organizations began participating in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement in October, an Epic spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. TEFCA is a government-led…
Nearly three-quarters of healthcare organizations have experienced a moderate to severe financial impact from cyber vulnerabilities in the past two years, Ernst & Young and KLAS Research found. Here are the top cyberthreats healthcare organizations have faced in the last…
Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System has added a tool to its MyChart patient portal that allows users to register as organ, eye and tissue donors. The update has led more than 1,000 patients to sign up since August. The tool…
Portland, Maine-based MaineHealth sent letters to 531 patients indicating they were dead. They were very much alive. The nine-hospital system said an error in its computer system Oct. 20 caused the estate vendor letters to be generated and mailed to…
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has launched an EHR feature designed to help clinicians see patients as individuals, not just medical cases. The initiative, called “About Me,” invites patients to share personal details that appear directly in the health…
Three health systems have apparently been ensnared in a 2024 hack of EHR vendor Veradigm, formerly known as Allscripts, DataBreaches.net reported. In the December data breach, a cybercriminal used a credential obtained from a Veradigm customer to enter a Veradigm…