Epic unveiled a flurry of new features at its annual Users Group Meeting this week. What do health system executives think? IT leaders told Beckers at the event that they’re excited about the potential AI capabilities and eagerly anticipate the…

Oracle Health has struggled to retain customer confidence in the three years since acquiring Cerner, according to an Aug. 21 report from KLAS Research. The report is based on seven rounds of interviews conducted with 43 Oracle Health customer organizations…

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare is implementing virtual technology to reduce emergency department wait times at its St. Elizabeth Medical Center locations in Ottawa and Peru, Ill. Patients who meet certain clinical criteria are triaged into virtual care rooms, where a…

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW The pediatric healthcare landscape faces profound and intensifying challenges, mirroring the broader healthcare system’s struggles with escalating costs, systemic inefficiencies, and persistent access disparities. These issues are acutely felt within a sector serving the nation’s most vulnerable, where…

Bowling Green, Ky.-based Med Center Health will implement Epic’s EHR system across its hospitals and clinics, with the rollout expected to be complete by the end of 2026. The upgrade, approved by Med Center Health’s Board of Directors, marks what…

Nearly all small healthcare practices are exposing themselves to cyberattacks and federal compliance violations, according to a recent survey conducted by Paubox. The technology company’s survey, released Aug. 19, of 214 healthcare IT leaders and practice managers at organizations with…

As healthcare systems continue to face challenges around capacity management and discharge planning, one leading regional provider is turning to AI-powered technology to drive efficiency and improve patient outcomes. West Tennessee Healthcare, a not-for-profit healthcare system, has expanded its partnership…

Lubbock, Texas-based Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center received a $1.3 million, four-year grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration, an agency of HSS, to expand telehealth services in Texas and Louisiana. The TexLa Telehealth Resource Center, housed at…

Mercy Hospital St. Louis (Mo.) became the first facility in the area to offer robotic-assisted surgery with the da Vinci 5 system. Mercy surgeons have used robotic technology since 2003 and performed more than 16,000 procedures with various versions of…

San Francisco-based Apella launched Apella Horizon on Aug. 20, expanding its real-time AI platform to include surgical scheduling and capacity optimization. The system integrates predictive algorithms and ambient sensing to improve preoperative planning, real-time OR coordination and retrospective performance analysis.…