Oracle Health will soon be right in the middle of healthcare’s American “mecca” when its parent company opens a new $1.35 billion facility in Nashville, Tenn., the Nashville Business Journal reported.
Category: Health IT
How University Hospitals is preparing for its Epic installation
Cleveland-based University Hospitals tapped Harris Data Integrity Solutions to clean up Concord Township, Ohio-based Lake Health’s patient index before transitioning to Epic.
Guthrie Clinic's virtual nursing saves $7M in labor costs
Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic’s virtual nursing program was able to reduce the health system’s reliance on travel nurses and saved the organization $7 million in labor costs, EpicShare reported Aug. 7.
Wisconsin hospital reaches $2M settlement for MyChart pixels
Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement after a patient-led lawsuit accused the health system of sharing patient data put into MyChart with Facebook, Milwaukee Business Journal reported Aug. 7.
3 hospitals switching to Epic
Here are three hospitals and health systems switching to Epic Systems in 2023, as reported by Becker’s since Aug. 2:
Kentucky health system launches virtual inpatient observation program
Owensboro (Ky.) Health Regional Hospital has implemented MedSitter, a virtual care platform and clinical surveillance system to enhance patient monitoring.
MUSC taps ChatGPT-powered telehealth partner
Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina is partnering with Andor Health, a virtual care company using ChatGPT, to power its decentralized telehealth network.
Minnesota health system to switch to Epic
Staples, Minn.-based Lakewood Health System will go live with its Epic EHR system on Aug. 13, Brainerd Dispatch reported Aug. 5.
The names behind Epic's products
Epic gives its products short, fun names that make it simple to understand what they do, founder and CEO Judy Faulkner wrote Aug. 7.
Top 5 EHRs for academic hospitals, per Black Book Research
Black Book Research ranked the top hospital EHRs for academic medical centers and their regional networks based on surveys of 18 performance indicators conducted between the second quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2023.
