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.
Category: Health IT
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.
Telehealth only reduces costs for certain types of diseases
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that telehealth did not reduce costs or the number of future visits for patients with circulatory, respiratory or infectious diseases.
7 community health organizations select OCHIN Epic
Community health organizations in Connecticut, North Carolina, Arizona and Idaho went live with Oregon Community Health Information Network Epic this quarter.
