Below are three health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since March 6:
Category: EHRs
Oracle Cerner to lay off some employees, bring others back to office
Oracle Cerner plans to lay off some employees and bring others back to the office full time, the Kansas City Business Journal reported.
Northwell picks Epic in EHR switch
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is moving from Allscripts to Epic Systems.
VA looking to renegotiate its $10B contract with Oracle Cerner
The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to negotiate a five-year option period for its $10 billion contract with Oracle Cerner as the EHR modernization program has been troubled since its rollout in 2020, FCW reported March 16.
The letter grades EHR vendors get for interoperability
Interoperability has long been a goal of many in the healthcare industry, with EHR vendors playing a big role in how well providers can share and receive patient data.
Oracle can grow in healthcare — if 'no competition shows up,' analysis says
In reporting quarterly revenues that missed analysts’ expectations, Larry Ellison, founder and chief technology officer of Oracle, touted the software giant’s push into healthcare — a strategy that doesn’t come without risks, according to a March 17 an…
Ohio medical center to transition to new EHR system
Wright-Patterson (Ohio) Medical Center will transition to the MHS Genesis EHR system on June 3.
VA says 4 deaths linked to its Oracle Cerner EHR system
The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that the Oracle Cerner EHR system caused six incidents of “catastrophic harm” to veterans, and four of those incidents led to the death of patients, The Spokesman-Review reported March 15.
'Most powerful woman in healthcare': Judy Faulkner named 1 of 5 inspirational women in business
Noting that she’s been dubbed the “most powerful woman in healthcare,” marketing agency C2 Communications named Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner one of its five inspirational women in business.
New York hospital integrates new physician assignment tool with Epic EHR
Rochester, N.Y.-based UR Medicine Highland Hospital is integrating Medaptus’ physician assignment software Assign into its Epic EHR system.
