Category: EHRs

How does Epic feed 13,000 employees at its Wisconsin campus? With a lot of meat, that’s how.

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has updated its Oracle Cerner EHR system and has fixed some of its usability issues, according to a statement from the VA published March 21 by NBC Right Now, which is based in Yakima, Wash.

EHR giant Epic is partnering with medical genetics company Invitae to make genetic test results available through Aura, Epic’s specialty diagnostics suite.

Large health systems are more likely to say they don’t have an optimistic view of Oracle Cerner, with reasons including delays in its revenue cycle product and staffing issues, a March 21 KLAS Research report found.

Health systems are considering moving their Epic EHRs to the public cloud to cut capital costs and boost system reliability, a March 21 KLAS Research report found.

Below are three health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since March 6:

Oracle Cerner plans to lay off some employees and bring others back to the office full time, the Kansas City Business Journal reported.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is moving from Allscripts to Epic Systems.  

The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to negotiate a five-year option period for its $10 billion contract with Oracle Cerner as the EHR modernization program has been troubled since its rollout in 2020, FCW reported March 16. 

Interoperability has long been a goal of many in the healthcare industry, with EHR vendors playing a big role in how well providers can share and receive patient data.