Category: EHRs

Fergus Falls, Minn.-based Lake Region Healthcare is spending $25 million to unify its three EHR systems with Epic. 

Electronic health records have a multitude of benefits for health systems, such as interoperability, improving physician efficiency and easy access to patients’ medical history, but the cost of implementation is just one of the barriers of adoption for…

EHR company Meditech is adding a population health management tool to its population health portfolio.

Oracle Cerner is adding new product offerings to its EHR system with the aim of working to modernize the electronic health record and build a more open and more connected cloud-enabled platform. 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health signed an agreement to acquire three new Connecticut hospitals, which will improve EHR sharing for the health system, Yale Daily News reported Oct. 17. 

Two large health systems — Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Houston-based Memorial Hermann — recently switched their EHRs from Oracle Cerner to Epic, continuing a trend of bigger hospital groups moving to the Verona, Wis.-based software giant.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave out grants Oct. 12 to four health systems and three other organizations to make EHR improvements as part of a $110 million spending package to boost rural healthcare.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has received a perfect score from EHR vendor Epic for its EHR implementation project. 

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital went live with its $16 million Epic EHR installation on Oct. 1. 

Aitkin, Minn.-based Riverwood Healthcare Center’s board has approved funds for the health system to transition to an Epic EHR system.