Category: EHRs

Indiana hospital goes live with new Meditech tool

Shelbyville, Ind.-based Major Health Partners went live with Meditech’s new Expanse Patient Care tool.

Epic, Oracle Cerner + 28 other EHR vendors ask HHS to delay prior authorization rulemaking

Epic, Oracle Cerner and other EHR vendors have asked HHS to extend the public comment period for a new rule to streamline the electronic transmission of prior authorizations.

Software malfunction caused EHR vendor Veradigm to overstate revenue by $20M

A software error caused Veradigm, the EHR vendor formerly known as Allscripts, to overstate its revenue by about $20 million over the past six quarters, the company said.

EHR vendor eClinicalWorks integrates with Google Chrome

EHR company eClinicalWorks has ensured it is fully functional with Google Chrome.

Epic, Oracle Cerner, Meditech could 'reshape the market' with remote monitoring tools in EHRs: Report

As a rapidly growing part of healthcare, remote patient monitoring presents a business opportunity for EHR vendors. Some of them are responding by adding features for patients to be cared for from home.

Epic, Press Ganey to integrate patient experience data into MyChart

Epic Systems has partnered with consumer experience company Press Ganey to integrate patient experience data into MyChart. 

Meditech shows off embedded Google Health search function in EHR

EHR vendor Meditech will lead a presentation on how it embedded Google Health’s search and summarization capabilities into clinician workflows at the HIMSS 2023 conference in April. 

32 new community hospitals, patent lawsuit win: 11 Oracle Cerner headlines from February

From signing 32 community hospital contracts to winning a federal patent infringement lawsuit, here are 11 times Becker’s reported on EHR vendor Oracle Cerner in the past month.

UC San Diego Health to share EHR with El Centro Regional Medical Center

UC San Diego Health said it is in discussion to share an EHR system with El Centro (Calif.)  Regional Medical Center as part of a move to stabilize the hospital after its acting CEO and CFO resigned in January. 

Viewpoint: Don't 'nickel and dime' patients by charging for MyChart messages

Hospitals and health systems shouldn’t “nickel and dime” patients by charging for MyChart messages as it could discourage them from seeking care, the co-directors of the Center for Patient Partnerships wrote in the Wisconsin State Journal.