Category: EHRs

Some health systems have turned to a team-based approach to help reduce physicians’ documentation burden in the EHR. But is it working?

From plans to roll out 20 new programs to aiming to transition all of its customers to TEFCA, here are eight updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in August:

Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West Health Services plans to install Epic EHR systemwide in October.

Epic is developing features for its EHR ranging from artificial intelligence agents in MyChart to more connectivity between payers and providers, the company said at its Users Group Meeting.

Roughly 7,000 of Epic’s customers, many of them from health systems, visited the EHR vendor’s sprawling headquarters in Verona, Wis., from Aug. 19-22 for the company’s annual Users Group Meeting. Here are six highlights from the conference.

Epic is rapidly integrating artificial intelligence into its software, spearheading around 100 projects aimed at streamlining healthcare for both patients and providers, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Aug. 21.

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said the company is always looking decades ahead, whether that’s expanding its headquarters, staff, or technology offerings to health systems.

Epic welcomed 19 new health system customers at its Users Group Meeting on Aug. 20.

Nurses’ satisfaction with EHRs is increasing, though challenges with reliability and response times remain opportunities for improvement, according to an Aug. 20 report from KLAS Research.

Idaho-based critical access hospitals St. Mary’s Health in Cottonwood and Clearwater Valley Health in Orofino plan to install to Meditech Expanse across their entire networks.