Category: EHRs

The Department of Veterans Affairs reported significant improvements after standardizing most of its high-priority datasets, FedScoop reported Feb. 10.

Software giant Oracle inked its biggest deal ever in December — an agreement to acquire Cerner for $28.3 billion. Here are five things to know about the deal and its progress.

Cerner gathered talent from various backgrounds to help lead its EHR company to becoming the top overall suite vendor, according to KLAS Research’s 2022 “Best in KLAS” list.

The expansion of its data mining tool Cosmos, enhancing ambient voice capabilities of its Hey Epic! Platform and recruiting more patients for clinical trials are among the key business strategies for EHR vendor Epic in 2022.

Here are nine hospitals and health systems that recently piloted Epic EHR tools to improve cancer care, identify human trafficking victims and more.

Six health systems have used an electronic symptom management tool they designed in Epic to report cancer treatment and postoperative symptoms on more than 5,600 patients, EpicShare reported Feb. 7.

Epic has nabbed the No. 1 spot on KLAS Research’s 2022 overall software suite rankings for the 12th consecutive year.

Oracle’s proposed $28 billion deal to acquire Cerner is undergoing a federal review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, according to a Feb. 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Patient and provider experience, interoperability and innovative data use should be top of mind for Cerner after their planned acquisition by Oracle was announced Dec. 20, according to one healthcare technology founder. 

Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, the four vendors hospitals use most for their Medicare EHR incentive programs, according to ONC data, are seeking talent.