EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Healthcare organizations across Louisiana have launched MyChart Central statewide, a new Epic feature that gives patients a single, secure way to access their medical records. Epic announced the statewide launch Oct. 9. Here are five things to know:
The Department of Veterans Affairs will expand its Oracle Health EHR system to nine additional medical centers and their associated clinics in 2026. The new sites are in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Alaska. They include Cincinnati VAMC-Fort Thomas, Chillicothe VAMC,…
Mergers and acquisitions are driving health systems to adopt new EHR systems. Here are the hospitals and health systems that are implementing new EHR systems or extending EHR systems to other facilities due to mergers or acquisitions, as reported by…
Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health has fired an employee it says shared patients’ EHR data with unauthorized people over the course of several years. The public safety-net health system started notifying several thousand patients Oct. 3 who were affected by the…
As administrative burdens, regulatory complexities and financial pressures have increased, we’ve somehow lost sight of the human side of healthcare. At Altera Digital Health, we strive to restore the personal moments between providers, patients and those who serve them with…
Epic is encouraging health systems to turn on the EHRs across their enterprises all at once, though some organizations are sticking with a phased rollout. “Implementations have been getting bigger, faster and better,” Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said…
The next generation of EHRs will be mobile-first, voice-activated — and may not resemble modern medical records systems at all, health system CIOs told Becker’s. As EHRs continue to evolve with more AI and voice functionality, IT leaders say they…
Oracle Health had a busy September, with several AI product reveals and a big state hospital EHR deal. Here are 10 times Becker’s reported on the EHR vendor in the past month: 1. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans…
EHR-related complaints that may sound mundane — extra clicks, redundant alarms and data scattered across systems — can reflect a deeper frustration, healthcare executives told Becker’s. Michelle Charles, DNP, RN, chief nursing informatics officer for Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health,…
From releasing new data-sharing features to increasing its revenue, here are 19 updates on Epic’s operations, software products, and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in September: