Category: Health IT

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers wants to pull the plug on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Cerner EHR rollout, calling the project a “complete failure.” 

Oracle is effectively using generative artificial intelligence to modernize the Cerner EHR, according to Larry Ellison, the software giant’s co-founder and chief technology officer.

Health systems in New York City, Colorado, Georgia and Nevada are seeking IT employees to work on their Epic EHR.

In 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tapped Cerner to overhaul its EHR system. Recently, a series of slowdowns, legislative spats and open letters have again turned attention to the VA’s EHR overhaul process.

Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System restored its Epic EHR system and its patient portal Sept. 12 after an Aug. 27 system outage rendered them offline.  

Honolulu-based Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific is adding modules of Oracle Health’s EHR to its facilities. 

Here are six hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Aug. 30:

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it plans to resume work on its rollout of its $16 billion Cerner EHR system in the summer of 2024, after halting the rollout to additional facilities in April due to ongoing problems with the system.  

CT Lin, MD, chief medical information officer at Aurora-based University of Colorado Health, said the amount of time physicians spend after work hours answering patient messages is “not sustainable” but that the health system is not yet ready to begin …