More than 7 in 10 healthcare organizations use EHRs to collect information on social determinants of health, but more standardization is needed to fully realize the potential of this data collection, according to a February report from the American Hea…
Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health made a huge investment in a platform dubbed TogetherCare, powered by Epic, and for good reason.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is delaying the Oracle Cerner EHR rollout at the VA Ann Arbor (Mich.) Healthcare System until late 2023 or early 2024, FedScoop reported Feb. 16.
A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that teenagers, particularly girls, are reporting all-time high rates of violence and profound mental distress. Meanwhile, both sides in the abortion debate are anxiously waiting for a district court decision in Texas that could effectively revoke the FDA’s 22-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KHN’s chief Washington correspondent, Julie Rovner, to discuss these issues and more.
Bellaire, Texas-based Harris Health System has extended its Epic EHR to the roughly 10,000 inmates in Houston’s Harris County Jail.
Electronic health record vendors Epic, Oracle Cerner and Meditech are adding new partnerships and entering into new agreements with Big Tech companies and startups to upgrade their offerings for healthcare organizations.
Three of the top vendors hospitals use to participate in the Medicare EHR incentive program are Oracle Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to ONC data. Here are 12 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking EHR and IT expertise…
EHR giant Oracle Cerner is continuing its expansion into the Middle East, as the U.S. State Department cleared a $250 million sale of health IT services to Kuwait’s Military Medical Command, GovConWire reported Feb. 15.
St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care is transitioning from a Cerner EHR system to an Epic system, KQTV reported Feb. 14.
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health will begin charging patients for some messages sent through its MyUnityPoint messaging system, WKOW reported Feb. 14.
