Category: Health IT

Novant Health using MyChart to address hunger in North Carolina

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is utilizing a MyChart tool that can make referrals for patients experiencing food insecurity. 

9 hospitals opting for Epic EHRs

Below are nine health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since Dec. 21: 

Arizona hospital turns to telehealth for cardiac rehab

Tucson Medical Center is using telehealth to offer cardiac rehab to rural Arizona residents, the Arizona Daily Star reported.

Veradigm makes EHR data available in Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership format

Veradigm, formerly known as Allscripts, is making network EHR data available within the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership and Common Data Model format. 

UVA Health to expand telehealth program

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health has partnered with a coalition of Southwest Virginia healthcare groups to expand its telehealth offerings to rural communities. 

House members introduce bill to drop VA Oracle Cerner rollout

Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale, recently appointed head of the House Veterans Affairs technology oversight subcommittee, introduced a bill that would scrap the VA’s $20 billion Oracle Cerner EHR rollout, FCW reported Jan. 30.

It’s ‘Telehealth vs. No Care’: Doctors Say Congress Risks Leaving Patients Vulnerable

Congress’ $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package included a two-year extension of pandemic-era funding that helped telehealth services grow nationwide. But that cash bridge, embraced by those delivering services to patients in rural areas, doesn’t provide much certainty for the future of remote medicine.

What Oracle Cerner did in January

From U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs EHR updates to new genomics and kidney diagnostic tools, here is what Oracle Cerner did in January.

Oracle Cerner looks to create a modernized healthcare ecosystem in 2023

Coming off of its $28.4 billion acquisition from Oracle, Cerner is looking to create the “world’s first truly modern healthcare ecosystem,” Mike Sicilia, executive vice president of Oracle Global Industries, told Becker’s. 

Meditech in the last 30 days

From new partnerships with health systems to a new integrated clinical tool, here are six updates on Meditech’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in January.