Category: Health IT

Private equity firms in talks to acquire EHR vendor: Report

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo is in advanced talks to buy EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare, Bloomberg reported Sept. 5.

Navigating post-COVID IT challenges [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Mike Hines, an evangelist at Resolute Software, to explore the transformative impact of COVID-19 on the IT landscape. We discuss the rapid shifts in remote interactions, the emergence …

Leveraging ChatGPT’s high IQ to assist doctors

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about significant advancements in various fields, including health care. ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is one such AI that has shown great promise in assisting professionals, particularly doctors, …

Cerner in the last 30 days

Here are 10 times Becker’s reported on EHR vendor Oracle Cerner in the past month.

Hospital seeing dip in revenue from EHR installs is the norm, Fitch says

Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West Health Services is facing revenue pressure related to its 2018 Cerner EHR implementation, but Fitch Ratings says this is normal during an EHR install, Star Herald reported Aug. 30. 

Hospital seeing dip in revenue from EHR installs is the norm, Fitch says

Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West Health Services is facing revenue pressure related to its 2018 Cerner EHR implementation, but Fitch Ratings says this is normal during an EHR install, Star Herald reported Aug. 30. 

Florida hospital leader aims for 1 consolidated EHR

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health and Naples Community Hospital are hoping to have all electronic health records on one software platform in the coming years, GulfShore Business reported Aug. 30. 

Nebraska Medicine to charge for MyChart

Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine will begin charging patients for MyChart messages that require more than 5 minutes of a provider’s time starting Sept. 12, KETV Omaha reported Aug. 29. 

Oklahoma hospital selects new EHR

Bethany (Okla.) Children’s Health Center, a 160-bed pediatric hospital, selected Meditech Expanse as its EHR vendor.

Artificial Intelligence May Influence Whether You Can Get Pain Medication

To contain the opioid crisis, health and law enforcement agencies have turned to technology to monitor doctor and patient prescription data. Experts have raised questions about how these systems work and worry about their accuracy and potential biases. Some patients and doctors say they’re being unfairly targeted.