Category: EHRs

A growing number of health systems are starting to charge patients for asking for their physicians’ advice through online patient portals, such as MyChart. Here are some hospitals and health systems partaking in the trend:

IT leaders at Houston-based Texas Children’s told Becker’s that they wish their EHR had more automation abilities to freely schedule appointments and capture patient data.

From teaming up with Microsoft to integrate generative AI into its EHR software to expanding its partnership with clinical documentation software company Nuance, here is a look at where EHR giant Epic is extending its partnerships in 2023: 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is partnering with digital health company Junum to integrate its malnutrition clinical support tool within its Epic EHR.

Demorest, Ga.-based Habersham Medical Center is switching over to Epic as it is taken over by Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Health System, Atlanta Business Chronicle reported July 5.

Here are six hospitals and health systems switching to a Meditech EHR system in 2023, as reported by Becker’s since Jan. 20:

Health IT executives told Becker’s that what they want from their EHR is less time in the EHR.

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is deploying virtual support services within its Epic EHR through a partnership with professional resourcing company Experis.

New York City-based NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center is aiming to eliminate disparities in LGBT healthcare by collecting information on patient sexual orientation and gender identity in its Epic EHR.

Albany Med Health System said its Epic EHR rollout will launch in two waves, with Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center rolling it out in March 2024 and Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital, and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based S…