Category: EHRs

Using a single EHR vendor is optimal for patient care, a study by researchers at the University of Notre Dame and University of South Carolina found.

UConn Health is rolling out Epic’s MyChart Beside tool in hospital rooms in order to provide patients full access to their health information during their stay. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Meditech EHR system went down, causing nationwide outages, ABC13 reported Nov. 9. 

Warren (Pa.) General Hospital has selected Meditech Expanse to replace the hospital’s legacy Meditech EHR system and the various platforms used at outpatient clinics.

Since Oracle agreed to buy Cerner in an acquisition worth $28.4 billion, it has made two moves to try to pay it off — selling bonds and increasing its term loan by $1.3 billion.

Mackinac Straits Health System and MidMichigan Health have signed an agreement to share an Epic EHR system. 

Elkin, N.C.-based Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital has selected Oracle Cerner for its EHR system, The Elkin Tribune reported Nov. 9.

Emporia, Kan.-based CareArc has gone live with an Epic EHR system.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has chosen Meditech as its preferred EHR provider. 

Oracle has sold $7 billion in debt to fund its purchase of Cerner, Bloomberg reported Nov. 7, after which Fitch Ratings downgraded the company’s credit rating.