Some workers at Verona, Wis.-based EHR giant Epic are pushing against the company's work-from-home policy as the state braces for winter, Madison Tone reported Nov. 20.

Like many other tech companies this year, EHR vendors have not been immune from mass layoffs. Oracle, NextGen and AthenaHealth all laid off workers this year.

At the 8th Annual Becker's Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting, Andrew Lockhart, CEO of Fathom, led an executive roundtable discussion with hospital and health system leaders about the challenges and opportunities of automating medical coding with AI…

HHS has disclosed a settlement agreement with Yonkers, N.Y.-based Saint Joseph's Medical Center related to the unauthorized release of protected health information of COVID-19 patients to a national media outlet. 

Biopharma giant AstraZeneca launched Evinova, a digital health unit that will operate as a separate business within AstraZeneca.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Oracle Cerner EHR hasn't had a complete outage in more than six months but has to make improvements before officials are fully comfortable rolling it out, Federal News Network reported.

A recently unsealed lawsuit revealed that the proprietor of Providence, R.I.-based Roger Williams Medical Center and North Providence, R.I.-based Our Lady of Fatima Hospital is indebted to vendors for an amount exceeding $24 million, The Providence Journal reported Nov. 17. 

Five hospitals and health systems took home gold Nov. 17 at the Digital Health Association's fall awards, which featured judges from across healthcare and advertising.

Williamston, N.C.-based Martin General Hospital's bankruptcy case has drawn the attention of Attorney General Josh Stein's office due to medical records, NewsBreak reported Nov. 19. 

According to a report analysis by Guidehouse, health system executives are giving precedence to cybersecurity investments, aligning with the rising digital and IT budgets projected for their organizations in 2024.