Epic to release new EHR versions this year; IBM Watson imaging collaborative adds members & more — 11 health IT key notes

Here are 11 recent news updates on health IT companies.

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Epic is developing two new EHR versions, which are slated to be released this year.

GE Healthcare is relocating hundreds of employees from its Barrington, Ill., facility to a downtown Chicago office in the coming months.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority stopped using its Cerner EHR system for the time being due to complaints from physicians.

IBM Watson Health added eight organizations to its medical imaging collaborative, bringing its total member count to 24.

Meditech and Boston-based Northeastern University are working together to advance nursing.

Practice Fusion said its EHR service was experiencing issues due to an internet service interruption, following an outage at Amazon Web Services’ S3 system.

Teladoc and Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based Griswold Home Care launched a telehealth platform called GriswoldConnect — marking Teladoc’s first partnership with a home care agency.

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America is implementing a platform that gives NantHealth’s eviti clinical support solution access to clinical workflows in the Allscripts Sunrise EHR.

Royal Philips entered a partnership with Onelife Health, a German digital health startup, to develop mother and early child care solutions.

McKesson Health Solutions and National Decision Support Company teamed up to improve automation.

Lafayette (La.) General Health partnered with American Well to expand its telemedicine services for non-emergency needs and chronic condition management.

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