Category: EHRs

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…

Female clinicians spend more time in the EHR, study finds

Female clinicians see fewer patients per week and spend more time on EHR documentation than their male counterparts, leading to less pay and increased burnout, according to study results released Jan. 26 by EHR company Athenahealth. 

Cedars-Sinai’s EHR tool saves nurses hours per week

The neonatal intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is using an algorithm within its Epic EHR to calculate a score that displays infants’ weight change from birth in an easily accessible time series visualization, EpicShare r…

Integrating text analytics into EHR helps alleviate clinician burnout, study shows

Using advanced text analytics to assess EHR inbox messages can help clinicians improve their workflow and eliminate unnecessary workloads, according to a study published Jan. 20 in the American Journal of Managed Care.

EHR tool decreases clinicians’ phone calls by 60%: Yale exec shares insights

More automated transfers of electronic health information could bring “huge value” to healthcare providers in terms of saving clinicians’ time, according to David Mulligan, MD, chief of transplant surgery and immunology at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.

2 Michigan hospitals collaborate on Epic EMR system

Helen Newberry (Mich.) Joy Hospital and Healthcare Center and Midland-based MyMichigan Health joined forces to implement a new Epic EMR system for patients at Helen Newberry.

Cerner CEO, chief technology officer agree not to leave after Oracle acquisition

Cerner’s president and CEO, David Feinberg, MD, as well as its executive vice president and chief technology officer, Jerome Labat, have agreed not to leave the company in the year following its acquisition by Oracle, according to a Jan. 19 filing with…

Patients who are Black, unmarried or on government insurance described more negatively in EHR, study shows

The language clinicians use in their EHR notes varies by patients’ race, marital status and type of insurance, according to a study published Jan. 19 in Health Affairs.