Allscripts has contracted with 18 new physician practices for ambulatory and population health solutions in 2020.

Kern County in California is bringing on a HIPAA expert to consult on COVID-19 data release, according to a report from a local CBS affiliate.

Here are six updates on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker's Hospital Review in August.

Alamosa, Colo.-based San Luis Valley Health will deploy its new Meditech EHR system Oct. 1. 

The University of Kansas Health System implemented its Epic EHR system at its Great Bend-based hospital campus on Aug. 24, according to Great Bend Tribune.

About one-third of healthcare organization executives consider telehealth capacity or function to be their No. 1 problem to solve since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to KLAS Research.

Columbia, S.C.-based Prisma Health's chief digital officer, Nick Patel, MD, came into his role in a bit of a unique way — by pitching it himself.

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine on Aug. 27 appointed John Leonard, MD, to senior associate dean for innovation and initiatives. 

While the U.S. has moved forward with reopening schools, businesses and travel, the country still offers scarce data and details on how COVID-19 is spreading, according to an Aug. 25 Nature article.

Healthcare delivery has been irrevocably changed by the events of 2020. The impact of the COVID pandemic, including the increasingly critical nature of population health management, is obvious. Apart from this, significant regulations for interoperability and data sharing have been…