Category: EHRs

It’s hard to imagine a health system immediately ruling Epic out of contention, but early on the company faced an uphill battle to build its reputation in the industry.

Primary care physicians have become “increasingly tethered” to their patient portal inboxes in recent years, illustrating the need for health systems to solve EHR burnout, a new study found.

Epic may be the most ubiquitous EHR in the U.S. hospital industry. But that doesn’t mean all big health systems use it.

Oracle Health is laying off 124 individuals who were conducting health information technology operations for Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth, according to a WARN filing published Feb. 1. 

Since Oracle got into the EHR business with its acquisition of Cerner in 2022, it has made several leadership changes as to who will be overseeing its operations. 

Having access to external health data is linked to a lower likelihood of code blue incidents occurring in the emergency department, a new study from Epic Systems found. 

Oracle has tapped the former head of CMS under the Trump administration to lead its electronic health records division, Bloomberg Law reported Jan. 31.

Oracle has tapped the former head of CMS under the Trump administration to lead its electronic health records division, Bloomberg Law reported Jan. 31.

Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West Health Services is planning to implement an Epic EHR system, the Star-Herald reported Jan. 30. 

Black Book Research surveyed thousands of providers to rank the top EHR in each of 53 medical specialties.