Category: Health IT

In 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tapped Cerner to overhaul its EHR system. Recently, a series of slowdowns, legislative spats and open letters have again turned attention to the VA’s EHR overhaul process.

In 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs tapped Cerner to overhaul its EHR system. Recently, a series of slowdowns, legislative spats and open letters have again turned attention to the VA’s EHR overhaul process.

American University of Beirut Medical Center has become the first institution outside the U.S. to join EHR vendor Epic’s Cosmos network, according to a Lebanese government news release.

EHR vendor Epic is expanding its lab capabilities to allow hospitals to more easily communicate with outside labs and diagnostic companies, 360Dx reported.

Despite some initial reluctance, physicians have largely gotten used to a federal rule requiring them to share notes electronically with patients, several chief medical information officers told Becker’s.

Software giant Oracle is reorganizing its artificial intelligence and data business units under its cloud business as Executive Chair and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison turns his primary focus toward healthcare, Insider reported Feb. 7.

Rep. Mike Bost, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs chair, is “open to any idea that holds VA and Oracle Cerner accountable, but the time for half-measures and tinkering around the edges is over,” a spokesperson for the Illinois Republican told Fed…