Microsoft rolled out new radiology-specific capabilities for its clinical AI assistant, Dragon Copilot, at the Radiological Society of North America’s 2025 Annual Meeting, expanding the tool’s integration with the company’s PowerScribe One reporting system. Now in preview, the update brings…
EHRs / Interoperability
U.S. health system venture capital deals spiked during the pandemic before cooling down in the years since, according to a New England Journal of Medicine article. However, academic medical centers, in particular, may need to ramp up their venture capital…
Minot, N.D.-based Trinity Health anticipates a return on investment of nearly $1 billion from implementing Epic, its IT chief told Becker’s. The two-hospital system signed a deal for the new EHR in June with a go-live date of Nov. 1,…
As Epic begins deploying a new wave of capabilities across its EHR platform, health systems around the country are starting to go live with the updated tools and features. Becker’s reported in August that Epic planned to introduce a broad…
A former FBI agent spent four years tracking down an alleged hacker of a Kansas hospital even after leaving the agency, The Wall Street Journal reported. Eric Kerr, a cybersecurity researcher who departed the bureau in 2023, continued to pursue…
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has invested in an interoperability startup as part of a $10 million funding round. The 69-hospital system backed WellBeam in the series A investment led by Wittington Ventures. The company works with health systems to improve…
Bryan Health is tapping its Epic EHR system to participate in the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, or TEFCA. The Lincoln, Neb.-based health system said in a Nov. 20 news release that TEFCA participation will help ensure patients’…
Oracle said it’s bringing a “rare mix of startup energy and enterprise reach” as it builds a new global hub in Nashville, Tenn. The $57.4 billion software giant revealed in 2024 that it would be moving its world headquarters to…
Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health is saving $45 million over five years by migrating Epic to the Microsoft cloud. The 12-hospital system transitioned its EHR to Azure Virtual Services in May 2024, cutting infrastructure costs by a third and boosting application…
Oracle Health Information Network, a subsidiary of Oracle, has been named a Qualified Health Information Network under the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. The designation places Oracle among a select group of organizations approved to exchange health data…