EHR vendor Cerner contributed $1.5 billion to software giant Oracle’s $12.4 billion in third-quarter revenue; analysts at FactSet had expected $12.43 billion in revenue.
Category: Health IT
Giannis Antetokounmpo launches new telehealth treatment campaign
The Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation, a foundation created by Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and his family, is partnering with telehealth company Antidote Health to provide free mental health telehealth services to Milwaukee residen…
Arizona hospital uses Meditech tool to fight hepatitis C outbreak
Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center is using Meditech to create patient registries for monitoring patients in a hepatitis C treatment program.
Biden's 2024 fiscal budget earmarks $1.9B for VA Cerner rollout
President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget sets aside $1.9 billion for the Department of Veterans Affair Oracle Cerner EHR modernization project, FCW reported March 9.
Biden's 2024 fiscal budget earmarks $1.9B for VA Cerner rollout
President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget sets aside $1.9 billion for the Department of Veterans Affair Oracle Cerner EHR modernization project, FCW reported March 9.
The pandemic widened the rural-urban telehealth divide, VA finds
Fifty-five percent of VA patients in rural areas used telemedicine during the pandemic compared to 60 percent of patients in urban areas, according to a March 7 study published in JAMA Open Network.
Cerebral to patients: Personal information was shared with social media companies
Telehealth startup Cerebral sent letters to patients March 6 stating that some of their information may have been disclosed to social media companies when it used pixel tracking technologies on its mobile applications and websites, LegalScoops reported…
VUMC warns employees about inappropriately accessing EHR systems
Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued a statement March 8 reminding employees that viewing patient records or accessing clinical databases without authorized use can result in “progressive discipline or even termination.”
Nebraska health system's IV pumps now interoperable with Epic
Hastings, Neb.-based Mary Lanning Healthcare made its IV pumps interoperable with its Epic EHR system, allowing the health system’s medical records and IV pumps to communicate electronically.
Telehealth can help with staff shortages, Providence says
As hospital emergency rooms are dealing with staffing shortages, a spokesperson for Providence Centralia (Wa.) Hospital told The Chronicle March 8 that 20 to 25 percent of patients coming into their emergency room could receive telehealth care.
