Category: EHRs

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.

Minnesota hospital transitions clinics to Epic

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health is transitioning its Mid Dakota Clinics in Bismarck, N.D., to an Epic EHR system. 

Oracle moves healthcare conference due to 'huge interest'

Oracle is moving the date and location of its upcoming healthcare conference because of “huge interest,” the Nashville (Tenn.) Business Journal reported.

The 'Epic effect': How the EHR vendor shapes Wisconsin's politics

Epic’s huge expansion in recent years could shift the 2024 presidential election, Bloomberg reported Jan. 12

Missouri hospital restores EHR system after cybersecurity incident

Liberty (Mo.) Hospital has restored access to its EHR at its hospital and clinics after a cybersecurity incident disrupted the system. 

AMA recommends more talking, fewer EHR messages

The American Medical Association has a simple solution for reducing the deluge of EHR messages: Talk to your colleagues more.

Epic-developed scribe aims to reduce documentation time

DeepScribe, an AI-based documentation tool, announced that it is more fully integrated into Epic’s interface.

More health systems bill for MyChart

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.

Oracle maintains 'BBB' rating post-Cerner acquisition

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