EHRs
It’s an exciting time in healthcare as artificial intelligence has moved from concept to capability, offering new ways to reduce…
The conversation on artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has shifted. A couple of years ago, the question was, “What AI use cases might work for our organization?” Today, boards and CFOs are asking a far more pointed question: “What are…
Epic remains the dominant EHR vendor among the nation’s largest health systems by revenue — 21 of the top 25 run on it in whole or in part. But a handful continue to use Meditech or Oracle Health instead. Here…
Ambulatory care has long been valued as a lower-cost, more convenient place to deliver services. What’s changing is the ambition attached to it: leaders are no longer asking only whether outpatient settings save money, but whether they can drive growth.…
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has voted unanimously to subpoena Oracle co-founder and executive chair Larry Ellison and Oracle co-CEO Mike Sicilia over the VA’s EHR modernization contract. The vote followed Oracle’s withdrawal from a Sept. 2 hearing. Committee…
The Government Accountability Office told Congress that the Department of Veterans Affairs has not fully implemented 14 of 18 recommendations meant to fix its EHR modernization program. GAO has issued 18 recommendations to VA since 2020 covering cost estimating, scheduling,…
Epic has experienced a wave of executive departures and leadership reshuffling over the past several weeks. Here are 11 executive moves at Epic reported by Becker’s since July 6: 1. Nick Marzotto, a former vice president of clinical applications and…
Epic’s Gold Stars program measures two different things: how many of the EHR vendor’s features a health system has turned on, known as configuration, and how thoroughly staff actually use what’s been switched on, known as usage. A perfect 10…
West Ascension Parish Hospital in Donaldsonville, La., will go live with Epic Community Connect on Sept. 1. The critical access hospital has spent the past 11 months preparing for the transition alongside Our Lady of the Lake Health, according to…
Adventist Health has gone live on Epic across 27 hospitals and more than 440 clinics in California, Oregon and Hawaii, completing the largest technology implementation in the health system’s history. The transition began Aug. 30 and moves the Roseville, Calif.-based…
Epic has asked the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to uphold the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Veeva Systems challenging Epic’s noncompete agreements. The life sciences software maker sued the EHR giant in January, arguing Epic’s restrictive covenants unreasonably restrict…