Category: EHRs

Why Judy Faulkner bought a fire truck

When Epic was building its new campus in Verona, Wis., it learned its underground parking lots were too short to fit local fire trucks. So the EHR vendor bought its own.

Epic accused of patent infringement

EHR vendor Epic Systems is facing a patent infringement lawsuit over its patient portal software MyChart. 

Epic makes AI-powered clinical documentation widely available

Epic has made an AI-powered system that automates clinical documentation during patient and physician encounters widely available. 

University Hospitals projects $100M+ annual benefit from EHR install

Cleveland-based University Hospitals installed Epic EHR last year, a $400 million investment that consolidated 15 systems into a single integrated platform.

UCLA, UC Irvine team up for surgical data repository

UCLA and UC Irvine worked together to develop a repository of de-identified EHR data and high-fidelity physiological waveform data based on more than 83,000 surgeries with the goal of improving patient outcomes.

MultiCare Yakima EHR to cost $50M

After Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System acquired Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima is set to get a new EHR system, Apple Valley News Now reported Jan. 16. 

Epic launches new app platform

Epic released its new Showroom platform Jan. 17 to connect its customers with digital tools that work with its EHR.

Where medical students will help build an Epic EHR

A Rhode Island health system is offering Brown University medical students the chance to help build its Epic EHR.

15 top diagnoses for MyChart message bills

As more health systems bill for MyChart messages, the most common diagnoses for these charges include hypertension and sinus and other respiratory infections, a new study found.

Meditech inks 100th partnership for new system

Meditech has recently signed its 100th customer to the Meditech as a Service (MaaS) platform, a cloud-based, full-service EHR subscription model.