EHRs

Carthage, Ill.-based Memorial Hospital recently went live on an Epic EMR, The Herald-Whig reports.

Steven Lin, MD, medical director of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Family Medicine, is working with Google Research to launch a pilot study on "digital scribes," according to a Nov. 21 Stanford Medicine blog post.

GE Healthcare's Centricity Practice Solution EMR and Centricity EMR achieved certification under ONC's 2015-edition health IT product criteria, the company announced Nov. 21.

Amazon Web Services, the e-commerce giant's cloud business, is planning to announce a partnership with the North Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR vendor Cerner, according to a CNBC report.

NextGen Healthcare's NextGen Ambulatory EHR 5.9 received ONC-HIT 2015 Edition Health IT Module certification.

Iraan (Texas) General Hospital is replacing its existing patient record system with Evident's EHR solution Thrive.

EHR-driven clinical reminders for the HPV vaccine increased the number of administered vaccines, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Banner Health's Tucson hospitals and clinics are experiencing problems such as patient delays stemming from a $45 million EHR upgrade that went live Oct. 1, the Arizona Daily Star reports.

Some EHR platforms allow patients to coproduce medical notes with clinicians, which could positively impact patient engagement, but such collaborations could also increase clinician workload and overwhelm patients, according to Medscape.

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, asked the House Appropriations Committee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies for $782 million for its Cerner transition in a hearing Wednesday, according to Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.