Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health will use iTreat to connect paramedics to stroke neurologists and emergency medicine physicians via telehealth.
Category: Health IT
It Takes a Village: Foster Program Is a New Model of Care for Indigenous Children
A foster care program on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota is attracting attention from officials elsewhere as they search for ways to reduce trauma inflicted on Indigenous families, who’ve faced generations of high rates of family separation.
A leap toward universal interoperability: Epic gets approval to join TEFCA
Epic Systems has been approved for onboarding to join the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, a new health information exchange framework.
32 community hospitals opt for Oracle Cerner
Oracle Cerner said 32 community, critical access and specialty hospitals selected the Oracle Cerner CommunityWorks EHR system in 2022.
Oracle exec says terminating VA Cerner EHR rollout 'makes no sense'
Ken Glueck, executive vice president of Oracle, urged Congress to continue to support the Cerner EHR rollout at the Department of Veterans Affairs after legislators proposed two bills aimed at scrapping the entire project.
CalvertHealth moves to Amazon Web Services to back up Meditech EHR
Prince Frederick, Md.-based CalvertHealth has moved to Amazon Web Services for its backup EHR, cutting its recovery time to between two and four hours, HealthTech Magazine reported.
Houston health system snags grant to upgrade Epic EHR
Legacy Community Health, a Houston-based network of 41 clinics, received $1 million in federal funds to upgrade its Epic EHR system, the Houston Chronicle reported Feb. 10.
Health care’s future with ChatGPT: Exploring the potential of AI in medicine [BONUS PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we are joined by Harvey Castro, a physician, health care consultant, and serial entrepreneur, to discuss the exciting potential of the generative pre-trained transformer (G…
Co-chair of the telehealth caucus on the future of virtual care
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, co-chair of the Congressional Telehealth Caucus, said after the passing of the telehealth extensions granted by the Omnibus Appropriations bill, he expects Congress to redefine the definition of telehealth to include wearabl…
Only physicians can find the balance between tradition and active disruption
It is clear to most of us who practice medicine that the medical system is at a crossroads unlike any other in recent history, between competing crises of uncontrolled medical costs, escalating administrative burdens, consolidation and employment of ph…
