Hospital leaders trying to balance the need to reduce the cost of the Epic implementation process and keep the installation program in-house are being very mindful of how they use consultants.
Category: Health IT
Athenahealth faces trades secrets suit
EHR vendor Athenahealth is facing a lawsuit that alleges the company stole trade secrets, used deceptive business practices and breached its contract, Law360 reported July 20.
AI medical record startup riddled with errors uses humans for backup
DeepScribe, a company focused on leveraging artificial intelligence to serve as a medical scribe, contracts with 200 humans to listen in on medical visit recordings and fix the AI’s errors, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
VA committee chair calls Cerner EHR rollout a 'nightmare'
Costs for the Veterans Affairs Department’s Cerner EHR rollout continue to soar, causing tension between the VA and Congress, with some lawmakers wanting to ax the program, while others advocate for the VA to take one more shot at the implementation, P…
AI in health care: Could it be an unexpected catalyst for physician burnout?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly ingratiated itself in the health care landscape, emerging as a powerful tool with the potential to revolutionize various aspects of clinical practice. From enhancing diagnostic precision to streamlining administ…
How Novant's 'stupid stuff' initiative saved providers 26M EHR clicks
Carl Armato heard a consistent sentiment as he was rounding on physicians: The amount of time they spent in the EHR was creating a burdensome workload. This led to a resolution-focused initiative launched several years ago at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based …
Billing for MyChart has not solved physicians' excessive email problem
Hospitals and health systems around the U.S. began charging for patient messages sent through patient portals as their clinicians became inundated with 50 percent more messages after the pandemic, but the charges haven’t necessarily stopped the influx …
How Methodist Le Bonheur is going from 9 EHRs to 1 through Epic
Methodist Le Bonheur COO Monica Wharton is focusing on ‘going slow to go fast’ and keeping the total cost of ownership in mind as the system works to install a new Epic EHR.
Health IT execs at Johns Hopkins, Temple, UC Davis + 4 more weigh in on limits of telehealth
Telehealth remains a powerful tool for treating patients from their homes, but connectivity issues and legal confusion around telehealth restrictions still limit the technology, health IT executives told Becker’s.
'No margin, no mission': How Northwell CIO Sophy Lu approaches the Epic installation
Northwell Health CIO Sophy Lu told Becker’s that the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based health system’s Epic installation process is a ‘leap into the future.’
