Category: EHRs

VA working with Oracle Cerner on investigations into EHR outages

The Department of Veterans Affairs is working with Oracle Cerner to conduct investigations into a flaw with the EHR system that caused thousands of orders for specialty care, lab work and other services, and claims to an undisclosed location, FedScoop …

Epic in the last 30 days

From adding a life sciences program to its national IT infrastructure to new partnerships with health systems, here are 10 updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in September.

Geisinger, Rush, Oracle Cerner and more partner to share social determinants of health data in EHRs

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, Boston-based Tufts Medicine, Epic and Oracle Cerner are among the participants in a project to screen for and share patient data on social determinants of health in EHRs, the …

Epic developing new software for rare diseases

Epic is working to develop a new software application that aims to help physicians treat patients with rare diseases, WisBusiness reported Sept. 28. 

USA Health cuts sepsis mortality rate with Oracle Cerner workflows

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health reduced its sepsis mortality rate by 16.5 percent after implementing new Oracle Cerner EHR workflows and alerts algorithms. 

Epic, Oracle Cerner execs have big growth plans

The EHR landscape is changing rapidly, and executives at the two companies with the largest hospital market share, Epic and Oracle Cerner, are in a race to dominate the next iteration of health IT.

Hospital groups ask HHS to delay Oct. 6 start of new information blocking rules

Several hospital and medical associations are asking HHS to delay by a year the new information blocking rules that are scheduled to go into effect Oct. 6.

Oracle executives bring in more than $138M

Larry Ellison and Safra Catz — chair and CEO, respectively, of the EHR and software giant Oracle — were compensated more than $138 million in the company’s last fiscal year, according to Sept. 23 reporting in The Wall Street Journal.

The 10 medical specialties that are least satisfied with their EHR

Here are the 10 medical specialties that are least satisfied with their EHRs, according to recent rankings from KLAS Research.

Emory Healthcare swaps Oracle Cerner EHR with Epic

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is transferring its EHR from Oracle Cerner to Epic as it aims to more seamlessly share patient records and improve its billing and scheduling functions.