Category: EHRs

8 biggest moves from Meditech in 2022

From plans to integrate Google’s Care Studio into its EHR to inking a partnership with HCA Healthcare, here are eight of Meditech’s biggest moves in 2022: 

Why Epic and Google Cloud repaired their relationship

Almost three years ago, Epic, the nation’s largest hospital EHR vendor, reportedly told customers it wouldn’t pursue further integrations with Google Cloud.

What smaller EHR vendors like Meditech, Allscripts, Athenahealth did in 2022

EHR vendors had a busy year. Here is the top news that Becker’s covered on EHR vendors Meditech, Allscripts and Athenahealth in 2022.

Cerner generates $1.5B in revenue for Oracle

Cerner generated $1.5 billion in revenue for Oracle in the second quarter of 2022. 

VA to hire 1,000 IT workers to help with Oracle Cerner EHR rollout

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to hire 1,000 IT workers to help with the implementation of its Oracle Cerner EHR, FedScoop reported.

Epic's 12 biggest moves in 2022

From entering into an agreement with Google Cloud to updating some of its EHR capabilities to become more compatible with Apple, here are 12 of Epic’s biggest moves in 2022: 

Top 10 negative, positive words in patient EHR messages

Patients sending negative words in EHR messages isn’t associated with provider burnout, a study in JAMA Network Open found, but natural language processing may identify ways to filter them out and otherwise improve the patient experience.

Epic launches interoperability hub for developers

Epic is introducing a connection hub where developers can indicate that their software is interoperable with the EHR vendor.

Oracle-Cerner deal 6 months later: CIOs weigh in

Hospitals and health systems using Cerner for their EHR haven’t seen a lot of changes in the six months since the vendor was bought by software giant Oracle, save for some extra engagement from the company, several CIOs told Becker’s.

UCSF Health merges medical, oral health records into Epic EHR

UCSF Health and UCSF Dentistry, both based in San Francisco, have merged medical and oral health records into its Epic EHR system.