State funding for an Epic EHR at Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia was cut from $105 million to $50 million, WRDW reported Feb. 21.
Category: Health IT
Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth get $3.1M to create virtual neighborhoods using EHR data
Researchers from Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland-based MetroHealth System are using a $3.14 million grant to create “digital twins” from EHR data to reduce health disparities.
Nicklaus Children's awarded for Oracle Cerner EHR
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital renewed its Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Stage Seven award, a designation that was given to the pediatric hospital for the effective use of its Oracle Cerner EHR.
Baptist Memorial Health Care launches emergency telehealth care
Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care launched an emergency services telehealth program for TennCare patients in three rural Tennessee counties, Fox affiliate WHBQ reported Feb. 20.
Baptist Memorial expands inpatient telehealth capabilities
Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the largest nonprofit systems in the country, said it will collaborate with LookDeep Health to expand its inpatient telehealth services.
High Point selects Epic for dental service
Pacific Dental Services and High Point (N.C.) University are partnerting to expand the use of the Epic EHR system to the university’s dental school and associated dental practices.
CommonSpirit, Mass General, Moffitt execs to judge telehealth challenge
Four hospital and health system leaders will be judges at the Telehealth Innovators Challenge at the American Telemedicine Association’s annual conference March 6.
Rural hospitals lagging behind larger systems in interoperability, ONC finds
Health system interoperability is seeing improvement, as 88 percent of organizations report that they are involved in an EHR data exchange, according to a January report from ONC.
6 health systems scaling telehealth programs
Below is a list of six hospitals and health systems that rolled out or announced new telehealth services since Feb. 7:
Hospitals, health systems implementing new EHR systems
Here are hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since Dec. 30:
