Category: EHRs

United Medical, a Bear, Del.-based multispecialty network of 225 healthcare providers, announced that it expanded its relationship with Oracle Health by another seven years.

Health systems in New York and California are seeking Epic talent with a posted salary of more than $100,000.

Epic already has generative artificial intelligence built into its EHR to draft patient portal messages, write nurse handoffs, and create patient summaries — and the company says it has more than 60 additional use cases in development.

Patients of Herington (Kan.) Hospital have reported trouble getting access to their medical records after the hospital abruptly announced its closure on Oct. 9, NBC affiliate KSNW reported Oct. 12. 

When Epic created its first billing system, it charged $3,000 — less than it cost the EHR vendor to make.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals CIO Robert Eardley told Becker’s that the guiding principle in its process to convert 5.6 million patient records into a single Epic EHR was ensuring that patient care was seamless and uninterrupted. 

San Diego-based Alvarado Hospital Medical Center will remain on Epic as it is sold to UC San Diego Health for $200 million, a UC San Diego spokesperson told Becker’s.

Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, based in Jasper, Ind., is offering a MyChart “fast pass” which allows patients to request to be placed on a digital wait list for an earlier appointment time. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health’s primary care physicians have saved approximately 40 minutes on documentation by using ambient technology.

Brookhaven, Miss.-based King’s Daughter Medical Center has decommissioned its legacy EHR, Meditech Magic, and migrated more than 70,000 patient records to an independent clinical data repository.