EHRs

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health has developed an AI model that transforms electronic medical records into text to improve emergency care decisions. The Multimodal Embedding Model for EHR platform converts tabular data into “pseudonotes” that look like clinical documentation, enabling AI…

HHS’ assistant secretary for technology policy/ONC is easing testing requirements on EHR companies. ONC will not enforce a mandate that “health IT developers successfully test the real world use of their technology for interoperability in the type of setting in…

Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care has been extending Epic to other hospitals across the state to increase access to the EHR. Through Epic’s Community Connect program, UI Health Care has helped nine critical access hospitals in Iowa get…

MyChart use was associated with 21 million fewer appointment no-shows in 2024, Epic found. Patients with an active patient portal account had a no-show rate of 6.2%, compared to 7.9% for patients without, according to the study published July 1.…

Health systems across the U.S. are rapidly adopting AI to enhance patient care, streamline operations and reduce administrative burdens.  From AI-powered documentation to using AI to to filter patient portal messages, health systems are finding innovative ways to integrate the…

Stanford Health Care has launched a pilot program combining ambient AI and real-world data to give physicians clinical evidence within minutes during patient visits. Nigam Shah, MD, PhD, chief data scientist at Stanford Health Care, said the pilot merges ambient…

St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care said it was affected by a data breach that originated at EHR vendor Oracle Health. The health system started notifying affected patients June 27 that it had been contacted by an unknown party earlier…

Interoperability, or the seamless electronic exchange of information, has long been a goal of the healthcare industry. And while interoperability has continuously improved in the EHR era, it still has a long way to go. So where does healthcare interoperability…

Parker, Ariz.-based La Paz Regional Hospital has gone live with a Meditech Expanse EHR system. The system unifies the hospital and its four clinics, according to a July 1 news release. It also provides access to a patient portal and…

Rationalize your applications, they say. It will lead to cost savings, streamline your portfolio, and release resources for innovation and technological advancement, they say. So why do we groan at the idea of starting an application rationalization effort? Immediate reactions…