Category: EHRs

Physicians unable to access patient data from VA’s EHR system

The Department of Veteran Affairs’ migrated data, transferred during the rollout of its new EHR, failed to meet physicians’ needs, FedScoop reported Feb. 1.

Game-changing EHR improvements at Intermountain, UCLA, and 6 other systems

As the clinician burnout crisis continues, it’s important that hospitals are doing all they can to optimize EHR workflows. Here, IT executives from eight health systems across the country share the EHR workflow improvements that have saved their clinic…

Cerner in the news: 7 January updates

From the largest deployment of EHRs to date, to information regarding its pending Oracle acquisition, here are seven updates on Cerner’s operations, partnerships and software products reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in January.

Cerner is top cloud computing-focused health tech company, filings suggest

Cerner was the company that referred to cloud computing in company filings the most among the 50 biggest employers in the medical devices industry between October 2020 and September 2021, according to a report published Jan. 31 by Medical Device Network.

Epic in the headlines: 6 January updates

From expanding its collaborative partnerships to hospitals implementing new tools through Epic systems, here are six updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in January.

Hackensack Meridian to consolidate patient data via Informatica partnership

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health partnered with software development company Informatica to improve its data management capabilities, according to a Jan. 27 news release.

5 recent EHR contracts, go-lives

Below are five organizations that announced plans to implement an EHR or deployed a new EHR since Jan. 7.

DOD’s Cerner EHR is 38% deployed: 4 things to know

The Department of Defense’s new Cerner EHR system is about 38 percent deployed, according to a Jan. 26 news release. 

4 Cerner execs poised for payouts totaling $64.4M if Oracle deal closes

Oracle’s pending deal to buy Cerner could mean million-dollar golden parachutes for the EHR giant’s C-suite, as well as its former CEO.

4 factors determining how much time clinicians spend in the EHR

Time spent on after-hours EHR documentation is one of the main factors driving clinicians’ burnout. Clinicians’ specialty, gender, region and organizational structure are the four main factors determining how much time they spend on this after-hours wo…