EHRs

In January 2016, Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network commenced its systemwide go-live on an Epic EMR for inpatient records.

Ninety-four percent of CIOs and senior IT management executives at hospitals that employ the McKesson's Paragon EHR indicated being "confidently optimistic" of Allscripts' acquisition of the company, according to a Black Book survey.

Three healthcare experts laid out a series of steps the healthcare industry must take to transfer data ownership from the provider to the patient in an op-ed published in JAMA Sept. 25.

The Hiawatha (Kan.) Hospital Association — which includes Hiawatha Community Hospital, Hiawatha Family Practice Clinic and the Highland Clinic — is transitioning to athenahealth's EHR platform, according to a Hiawatha World Online report.

Rochester, Minn.-based OptimizeRx Corp. partnered with Richardson, Texas-based Aprima Medical Software to integrate its financial messaging in the Aprima EHR.

Rochester, Minn.-based Olmsted Medical Center is upgrading its IT to the Epic EHR and revenue cycle management system, with an expected rollout date of fall 2018, reports the Post Bulletin.

Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital President John Kessler told board members Sept. 27 the facility's athenahealth EHR system is fully operational, according to WJBD Radio.

Just under 30 percent of U.S. hospitals achieved interoperability as of 2015, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Sentara Albemarle Medical Center in Elizabeth City, N.C., transitioned to Sentara eCare, which enables the use of an Epic-based EMR system, according to a Daily Advance report.

A U.S. jury reevaluated the $940 million in damages Tata Consultancy Services, a software services exporter, was ordered to pay Epic after the Mumbai, India-based company was found guilty of stealing trade secrets, according to Reuters.