Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is boosting digital health through a new video visit platform and asynchronous care, the American Journal of Managed Care reported.

Crystal Run Healthcare in Middletown, N.Y., told patients to expect longer wait times than usual amid a system interruption affecting some services, according to the medical group's website.

As UPMC is moving from 9 EHRs to Epic, CIO Ed McCallister said that the Pittsburgh-based health system is focused on managing the installation "to be as cost-effective as possible."

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is partnering with Andor Health to implement virtual patient observer technology within its hospital facilities with the aim of mitigating the risks of falls and addressing safety issues among hospitalized patients. 

Is the hospital chief digital officer vanishing almost as quickly as it appeared?

While the understood goal of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement is to establish a nationwide EHR exchange, there have been misconceptions about how this will be executed.

Millions of patients at Chicago-based Cook County Health could have had their protected health information stolen as the health system's former medical transportation services firm, Perry Johnson & Associates, suffered a data breach, CBS News reported Nov. 3. 

Two distinct — yet similar — approaches for buying health systems emerged in 2023.

Signal, the provider-efficiency tracking tool by Epic Systems, offers various valuable applications, but it is not a reliable indicator for assessing EHR satisfaction or predicting clinician burnout, according to a KLAS report.

As the newly appointed chief AI officer of Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic Arizona, Bhavik Patel, MD, described his new role as the opportunity to be at the forefront of long-overdue disruptive innovation.