EHRs

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin, MD, said the VA will award Cerner a contract for the health system's EHR within the next month, according to Federal News Radio.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case involving an overtime pay dispute by an employee at Verona, Wis.-based Epic, according to The Cap Times.

Edmonton, Canada-based Alberta Health Services, the single health authority for Alberta, signed a $459 million agreement with Verona, Wis.-based Epic to deploy its EHR system, reports Edmonton Journal.

Hospitals have expressed a growing interest in hiring medical scribes to ease the burden of EHR documentation on physicians. However, notes written by scribes vary in accuracy, according to a study published in the journal JMIR Medical Informatics.

Hospital and physician group executives ranked Cerner the No. 1 EHR vendor for end-to-end IT outsourcing solutions, according to a Black Book report.

According to ONC data gathered in July, Epic is the No. 1 EHR vendor to hospitals participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.

Tomah (Wis.) Memorial Hospital is gearing up for its Oct. 1 Epic EHR go-live, a project that will cost the hospital around $3 million, reports The Tomah Journal.

Providers on Allscripts EHRs can now access medical information from Merck Manuals from within their clinical workflow, Merck Manuals announced Sept. 25.

Naval Hospital Bremerton (Wash.) went live on the U.S. Department of Defense's EHR system, called MHS Genesis, Sept. 25, the Kansas City Business Journal reports.

Four of the top vendors hospitals use to attest to the meaningful use program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to June 2016 ONC data.