EHRs

HHS’ ONC has selected nine teams as phase 1 winners of its EHIgnite Challenge, a federal competition to turn dense electronic health information exports into usable tools for patients and clinicians. The challenge drew nearly 100 submissions targeting the problem…

Seth Hain, who led AI efforts at Epic, is leaving the EHR giant as part of a broader executive exodus, according to a report from Second Opinion. His departure follows that of Epic President Sumit Rana, who announced July 3…

EHRs are among the largest investments health systems will ever make, with some reaching into the billions — and, in one case, tens of billions — of dollars. Here are the priciest EHR installations on record, according to Becker’s reporting…

Epic is accelerating its push to embed AI and shape the broader healthcare data ecosystem in 2026, rolling out new tools, weighing in on federal AI policy and taking legal action tied to national interoperability networks. From new AI tools…

El Camino Health has a particular vantage point on what technology adoption can look like. The Mountain View, Calif.-based system sits in Silicon Valley, draws patients from the region’s technology industry. Over the last year, El Camino has moved from…

Stephens Memorial Hospital District in Breckenridge, Texas, will switch to Oracle Health’s CommunityWorks EHR system, The Breckenridge Texan reported July 16. The new platform, which will go live on July 20, will unify patient records across every facility in the…

Most large health systems have spent the last several years working toward a single, unified EHR platform. But getting there is rarely quick.  Mergers, acquisitions and phased rollouts mean many of the country’s biggest hospitals and health systems are still…

The American Medical Association is launching an initiative to develop and deploy SNOMED CT to CPT terminology mappings that support electronic prior authorization. The project aims to reduce administrative burden for physicians and help patients receive timely care by connecting…

Nicklaus Children’s Health System is putting a number on its Epic rollout, and its president and CEO wants people to understand what that number is actually for. Matthew A. Love, president and CEO of the Miami-based health system, told Becker’s…

A widely used surgical risk tool — developed with federal funding and freely available online — has long been off-limits for EHR integration. That may be changing, but health system leaders say the damage from years of workflow friction has…