Oracle Health is among the prominent platforms used by hospitals and health systems across the U.S. for a variety of functions, including the EHR.
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California Mental Health Agency Director To Resign Following Conflict of Interest Allegations
Toby Ewing, executive director of California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, is resigning amid an investigation into his conduct and revelations that he traveled to the U.K. courtesy of a vendor as he sought to protect state funding for its contract.
A California Official Helped Save a Mental Health Company’s Contract. It Flew Him to London.
The director of a California state mental health agency traveled to the U.K. courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company with a $271 million contract to build a therapy app for the state’s youth. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staffers to restore a proposed cut to Kooth’s funding.
Why MyChart's AI is unregulated
Despite concerns from some medical experts about physicians using artificial intelligence to draft MyChart responses to patients, the technology remains unregulated.
HCA creates EHR-agnostic platform
HCA Healthcare, based in Nashville, Tenn., is collaborating with software developer Commure to create and implement an ambient AI platform throughout its network.
Can You Rely on Your Mammogram To Identify Heart Disease Risk?
Clinicians and researchers are searching for answers to whether an incidental finding on breast X-rays could improve the detection of cardiovascular disease risk among women.
Patients prefer AI-generated EHR messages: 7 things to know
Patients prefer EHR responses generated by artificial intelligence over answers from human clinicians, a new study found.
Zoom debuts AI-driven healthcare documentation
Zoom is teaming up with Suki, a developer of AI healthcare technology, to offer healthcare providers AI-powered clinical note-generation capabilities.
Embracing the advantages of digitization in health care
Due to rising rates of burnout and depression among health care providers, the U.S. is looking at a projected shortfall of over 3.2 million health care workers by 2026. In parallel, the health care industry is grappling with a 13 percent decline in pro…
Why a Louisiana health system made a $40M EHR investment
Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health System’s transition to Epic represents a $40 million investment over the next five years.
