EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
Torrance Memorial Physician Network, part of Torrance (Calif.) Memorial, is saving time with Oracle Health’s Clinical AI Agent. Here are four things to know from a July 24 Oracle news release: 1. Torrance Memorial Physician Network adopted the Clinical AI…
Technology is evolving quickly, and so is EHR strategy, to improve capacity, operations and patient care. Cody Walker, president of Baptist Health Medical Center – Little Rock is taking the lessons learned from other consumer-focused industries to apply similar analytics…
St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare has settled a class-action lawsuit with users of its MyChart patient portal for up to $9.25 million. The plaintiffs had alleged the 24-hospital system transmitted patient data from MyChart to Facebook, Google and other tech companies…
Health systems continue to partner with Big Tech companies on AI and cybersecurity initiatives. Here are nine such collaborations Becker’s reported on in the past month: 1. Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health’s marketing team has developed a secure, custom platform powered…
Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health went live with a new Epic EHR system July 19. The hospital had been preparing for the transition for 18 months, according to a July 18 news release. It previously used a Meditech EHR system.…
Oracle Health has had a busy July, with new AI rollouts and continued work on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs EHR. Here are six times Becker’s reported on the EHR vendor in the past 30 days: 1. The Senate…
The White House is preparing to promote more seamless sharing of healthcare data, according to a July 26 report from Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare…
As hospitals and health systems push to reduce friction in clinical workflows, EHR optimization has become mission-critical. Seven executives at the nation’s largest health systems told Becker’s they need systems that support real-time clinical decision-making without disrupting workflows. Tools like…
For Muhammad Siddiqui, CIO of Richmond, Ind.-based Reid Health, addressing technology debt isn’t just an IT concern — it’s a clinical imperative. “We treat tech debt the same way we treat clinical backlog,” Mr. Siddiqui told Becker’s. “If it slows…
The American Hospital Association and EHR vendor Epic are partnering to help more hospitals adopt tools designed to better detect and treat postpartum hemorrhage, a leading cause of maternal death in the U.S. Announced July 24 in a news release,…