EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Forty-three million Americans live in rural areas with primary care shortages. For the hospitals and health systems serving them, workforce instability is one of the top strategic challenges. Physician and clinician shortfalls, burnout and thin talent pipelines limit access and…
Epic released Care Everywhere Diagnostic Image Exchange, letting health systems on its EHR directly share full diagnostic-quality CT, X-ray and MRI images with each other. The release targets a persistent interoperability gap: diagnostic-quality images live in imaging archiving systems outside…
Epic will host more than 20,000 attendees in person for its 2026 Users Group Meeting (UGM) in Verona, Wis., with the General Session drawing over 60,000 total viewers on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The conference will feature nearly 500 presentations and…
Hospitals in 12 states, from Delaware to Wisconsin, are going live on Epic’s EHR platform in 2026, as the company continues to expand its already dominant share of the hospital EHR market. Epic grew its share of the acute care…
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand its contract with Oracle Health past its current ceiling, already near $10 billion, and extend the deal by three years, FedScoop reported Aug. 12. VA reached its contract ceiling sooner than planned…
Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network and UnitedHealthcare have automated claim status updates for 88% of the claims exchanged between the two organizations, using Epic’s Payer Platform, according to Epic’s newly released 2026-2027 Almanac. The two organizations turned on…
Oracle Health’s new AI-powered patient portal is now generally available to patients across the U.S. The Oracle Health Patient Portal integrates directly with the Oracle Health electronic health record, giving patients access to their medical records without uploading data into…
With its Open@Epic conference, Epic wanted to reach software developers who had never worked with the company before, according to founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. Its previous developer events brought customers to work directly with Epic’s own engineers, starting with…
The Sequoia Project, the Recognized Coordinating Entity for the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, updated its TEFCA Governing Council roster Aug. 10, naming 19 representatives from health systems, health information networks, technology vendors and federal agencies. TEFCA is the…
Northeast Georgia Health System has become the fifth health system in the country to deploy Epic’s Chart with Art ambient AI tool for nursing documentation. A pilot group of 15 nurses and two patient care technicians is testing the technology…