Category: EHRs

The Department of Veterans Affairs is notifying 41,500 patients that their care may have been affected due to the delays in the rollout of its Oracle Cerner EHR system, FedScoop reported Oct. 13. 

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying any further implementation of its problem-plagued Oracle Cerner EHR until June 2023, the agency said Oct. 13.

Oracle, the parent company of EHR vendor Cerner, has laid off 201 employees, according to a state filing in California.

Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health is switching EHRs from Meditech to Epic in a move that will cost $8 million, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.

A Nebraska Officer of Inspector General of Corrections report into the death of Niccole Wetherell, an inmate at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, showed that the lack of an EHR system in the facility violated a state statute and contributed t…

Epic has formed partnerships with a predictive analytics company and a commercial stage biotechnology company, adding new capabilities to its EHR system. 

Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center digitally screens for childhood adversity in its Epic EHR, leading to increases in both screenings and revenue, according to an Oct. 10 report from the EHR vendor.

Jennifer Goldman, MD, chief of primary care of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, worked with internal and external IT experts to have social determinants of health not only included in its Epic EHR system, but made it a prominent featur…

Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare went live with Oracle Cerner’s Community Works EHR system on Oct. 3. 

Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., recently completed a Meditech mock live drill as it transitions to the EHR vendor.