Category: EHRs

More health systems are billing for MyChart messages, even as the claims volume for those digital encounters has ebbed and flowed, according to a Jan. 10 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Fitch Ratings upheld the long-term issuer default rating and unsecured debt of Oracle at “BBB.”

The HHS wants to hit hospitals with penalties if they don’t share data with patients, but groups representing hospitals and providers say these penalties, which could reach up to seven figures, are too steep, Politico reported June 9. 

Epic has themes — such as “Star Wars” or “Indiana Jones” — at its annual User Group Meetings to liven up what could otherwise be a tedious topic.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is making progress with its Epic EHR install. 

Travis Dalton, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health, has taken on a new position at MultiPlan Corp.

Nonprofit digital healthcare innovation group OCHIN said nine systems began using its OCHIN Epic EHR in the final quarter of 2023. 

Oracle Health Chair David Feinberg, MD, has joined Aegis Ventures, a venture studio that focuses on healthcare artificial intelligence and health tech. 

St. Louis-based Mercy is moving its newly acquired Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHealth to an Epic EHR system so that all of its providers and patients can ensure continuity of care. 

One health system reduced the stress and burnout associated with EHR use by making a recent update to its system “fun,” the American Medical Association reported.