Category: EHRs

Meditech to add clinical direct messaging into EHR

Meditech has partnered with interoperability and connectivity services provider MedAllies to integrate clinical direct messaging into its EHR system. 

Tufts spent $70M on EHR install

Boston-based Tufts Medicine reported EHR installation costs of around $70 million last year, according to The Boston Globe.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare transitioning to Epic EHR

Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is moving to an Epic EHR system. 

5 health systems implementing new EHR systems

Here are 5 health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Dec. 30:

Health system execs look to boost financial spending on interoperability

Fifty-five percent of health system IT executives at top U.S. health systems said they will increase their organization’s investment in interoperability initiatives by 5 to 20 percent in 2023, according to a recent report by healthcare interoperability…

Kansas hospital goes live with Meditech EHR

Amberwell Health Hiawatha (Kan.) and Amberwell Highland Clinic went live with a Meditech Expanse EHR system on Nov. 1, Atchison Globe reported Jan. 20.

What Meditech has in store for 2023

From signing contracts with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare to partnerships with Google, EHR vendor Meditech had a busy 2022. In 2023, the company is focused on “agility” and “innovation,” Meditech spokesperson Robin Montville told Becker’s, as i…

DCH Health System employee fired for inappropriately accessing EHR

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System has fired an employee who improperly gained access to its electronic medical records system.

State puts forward $105M for new Medical College of Georgia Epic EHR system

Gov. Brian Kemp’s new state budget has proposed $105 million for the Augusta University Medical College of Georgia to purchase an upgraded Epic EHR system, The Augusta Chronicle reported Jan. 19.

Marshfield's Cerner install led to revenue cycle issues, ratings downgrade

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System’s IT standardization efforts over the last few years disrupted operations and were a contributing factor in Fitch’s decision to issue a ratings downgrade from an “A-” to “BBB+” rating.