Category: EHRs

Oracle stock dropped 12 percent on Sept. 12, the steepest drop since 2002, after the software giant reported lower-than-expected revenue, CNBC reported.

As hospitals and health systems look for ways to compensate their physicians for the after work hours spent answering MyChart messages, many have been implementing fees for some messages, but some say this could dissuade patients with chronic diseases …

John Day, Ore.-based Blue Mountain Hospital went live with Cerner’s CommunityWorks EHR system Sept. 11, Blue Mountain Eagle reported Sept. 12. 

Cerner is facing some “near-term headwinds” as its parent company Oracle looks to move the EHR vendor to the cloud. 

EHR vendor Epic Systems has added two new large health systems to its portfolio — Pittsburgh-based UPMC and Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health. 

When EHR systems are more difficult to use, the technology can be less likely to catch medical errors, according to research from University of Utah Health. 

The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs has responded to allegations regarding the oversight of the EHR progress reports submitted by Cerner.

Private equity group Thoma Bravo is seeking $1 billion of debt financing for its proposed purchase of EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare, Bloomberg reported Sept. 8.  

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health will move from Cerner to Epic Systems by the end of 2025, as its contract with Cerner is set to end in November, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. 

Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan Health CFO Peter Markell said that the health system is working to get Coastal Medical, a practice it acquired, onto Epic, Providence Business Journal reported Sept. 8.