Category: EHRs

Here is how much four health systems are expected to pay for the cost of purchasing and installing a new electronic health record system:

The seamless sharing of patient data has long been a goal of many in healthcare. Just ask Peter Winkelstein, MD.

Alya Sulaiman, corporate counsel and director of health policy and regulatory affairs for Epic Systems, left the company to join healthcare law firm McDermott Will & Emery. 

Cerner pays senior software engineers $76,000 to $122,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

Epic pays software developers $77,000 to $140,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

Warren (Pa.) General Hospital is looking to install Meditech’s EHR system, which is expected to cost $2.3 million, Times Observer reported Aug. 17. 

The state of Connecticut has discarded a computer program it spent $20 million building for its health information exchange, the Connecticut Mirror reported Aug. 14.

Oracle Cerner added and expanded relationships with more than 161 clients from April to June 2022. 

As health data-sharing improves, but at a slow pace, the nation’s largest EHR vendor, Epic, plays a big role in helping to create a clinically interoperable healthcare system. The company controls about a third of the U.S. hospital market share.

Cerner has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back pay and interest over claims it discriminated against Black and Asian applicants, according to an Aug. 9 U.S. Labor Department news release.