EHRs

Federal rules prohibiting healthcare organizations from restricting patient access to electronic health information have been on the books since 2021. For years, enforcement was limited. That has changed. Information blocking is a practice by a covered “actor” that is likely…

Oracle Health and surgical intelligence company Theator are collaborating to bring AI-powered surgical documentation and analytics tools to Oracle Health customers. The partnership will enable surgical teams to use Theator’s technology, which captures surgical video footage and analyzes it alongside…

The debate over whether AI will eventually outdiagnose — or even replace — physicians rages on. But Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner is skeptical. During a June 23 interview with Ms. Faulkner at Aspen Ideas: Health in Colorado, Jon…

Oracle reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees in fiscal 2026, according to the company’s annual 10-K filing. The software giant cut its global staff by 13% to 141,000 full-time workers as of May 31 — down from 162,000 a year…

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health cut its maternal sepsis mortality rate from 3.2% to 0% after embedding pregnancy-specific detection criteria into its Epic EHR. “That’s four moms who were able to go home with their babies who would not…

New York City-based NYU Langone Health researchers published the largest-ever analysis of Epic EHR communications June 22 in JAMA, finding that digital tools now supplement rather than replace in-person care. The study analyzed more than 140 million patient records from…

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health is expanding its partnership with Oracle Health as part of a systemwide technology modernization effort that includes deploying AI-powered tools across its hospitals, medical practices and health plan. The health system plans to implement an Oracle…

HCA Capital Division has completed its final Meditech Expanse EHR go-live, marking the completion of a divisionwide implementation effort. According to a June 17 LinkedIn post from HCA Capital Division CIO Brian McElyea, Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., became…

Epic reported customer results for Teamwork, the first application in EpicOps, its integrated enterprise resource planning suite for healthcare. Released in 2025, Teamwork lets health systems manage clinician and staff scheduling, exam room use and other resource planning inside the…

A novel EHR-based marker can identify transplant patients at high risk of organ rejection from medication nonadherence, researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and Houston-based Texas Children’s found. The multicenter randomized controlled trial, published June 15 in…