Category: EHRs

An EHR system used by Henry Ford Health System is helping staff identify victims of human trafficking.

Rock Springs, Wyo.-based Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County is integrating Cerner’s EHR system to offer better patient care, and the new program is set to launch Feb. 28, according to a Jan. 13 Rocket Miner report.

Epic selected acquisition marketing platform System1’s MapQuest Business-to-Business service to help patients reach healthcare providers.

Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Hospital used an EHR to create a screening tool that would predict, identify and guide postpartum hemorrhages, resulting in a 40 percent reduction, according to a Jan. 10 report in EpicShare.

Hospitals face challenges when conducting clinical trials, such as high costs, difficulty recruiting patients and a lack of resources. Health systems facing these obstacles can accelerate research by extracting insights from EHR data, according to a Ja…

Meditech partnered with New York City-based MedPower, a cloud-hosted e-learning solution, to bring interactive online training courses to healthcare organizations for its Expanse EHR.

Pragmatic clinical trials can use EHR data to help cut costs and human effort associated with randomized clinical trials, according to commentary published in JAMA Network Open on Dec. 28.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner made headlines this year amid its acquisition agreement with software giant Oracle and appointment of David Feinberg, MD, the former head of Google Health, as its new CEO. 

Verona, Wis.-based Epic made headlines this year amid its partnership with Walmart Health and its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees.  

Three major U.S. ratings agencies may downgrade Oracle’s investment-grade ratings if the software giant increases debt to finance its $28 billion acquisition of Cerner, Bloomberg reported Dec. 21.