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.
Category: Health IT
Why digital health startups still need banking partners like SVB and First Republic
The recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and First Republic Bank understandably spurred concern among industry and regulatory leaders about the health of the overall banking industry. Certainly, investigating the reasons leading to their collap…
Why Epic is opposing new interoperability, transparency rules
Epic, the nation’s largest EHR vendor, opposed some proposed changes by ONC that the agency says will improve interoperability, healthcare data exchange and health IT transparency.
Cleveland Clinic bets on telehealth to reduce costs, reach younger patients
Even though telehealth appointments have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland Clinic said it is still betting on virtual care to lower costs and to reach patients who are more comfortable accessing care online, Ideastream P…
CommonWell now shares electronic health data for 62% of population
CommonWell Health Alliance’s network surpassed 200 million individuals nationwide, which corresponds to sharing electronic health data for about 62 percent of the U.S. population.
Lowering hallucination results with ChatGPT
The advances of AI, specifically models like GPT-4 from OpenAI, have given rise to powerful tools capable of generating human-like text responses. These models are invaluable in myriad contexts, from customer service and support systems to educational …
Hospitals, health systems getting big grants for EHRs
Small, rural and safety-net hospitals across the U.S. are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding and community grants to purchase and install EHRs.
VA opposes stricter oversight for Cerner EHR rollout
The Department of Veterans Affairs is pushing back against legislation that would require it to report codified improvement metrics for any new deployments of the Oracle Cerner EHR system, Washington Technology reported July 13.
Revolutionizing health care through technology [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Jr., health equity researcher and advocate, as we explore the transformative power of technology in health care. This podcast episode discusses the potential of h…
How UNC Health is using virtual care to address maternal mortality
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has partnered with federally qualified health center Chapel Hill-based Piedmont Health to combat maternal health inequities by creating a new virtual maternal-fetal medicine specialty consultation service.
