Category: Health IT

UCSF Health merges medical, oral health records into Epic EHR

UCSF Health and UCSF Dentistry, both based in San Francisco, have merged medical and oral health records into its Epic EHR system. 

Employee inappropriately accesses UC Davis' EHR for 5 years

An employee of Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health accessed the health system’s electronic health records system without proper cause, potentially compromising the personal information of 408 patients. 

What Epic is doing with Apple, Google + Microsoft

Epic has been working with Big Tech companies lately to help hospitals and health systems better manage their EHRs.

Kaiser, Virginia Mason, more say they are not partaking in the MyChart charge trend

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, MultiCare and Kaiser Permanente said that they do not have any plans to charge patients for MyChart messages with physicians, The News Tribune reported Dec. 5. 

8 hospitals, health systems charging for MyChart messaging

A growing number of health systems are starting to charge patients for asking for their physicians’ advice through online patient portals, such as MyChart. Here are some hospitals and health systems partaking in the growing trend:

3 health systems opting for Epic EHRs

Below are three health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since Nov. 9. 

Alabama hospital selects Meditech for EHR

Alexander City, Ala.-based Russell Medical Center has chosen Meditech’s software-as-a-service option for its EHR.

Lawsuit, new clients, VA troubles: What Oracle Cerner has done in past month

From being ordered to stand trial in a brain damage lawsuit to picking up several new hospital clients, here are 12 headlines about EHR vendor Oracle Cerner from the past month.

American Hospital Association urges DEA to extend telehealth prescribing rules

The American Hospital Association is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to extend and clarify pandemic-era rules that allowed providers to prescribe addiction-treatment medications through telehealth.

10 Massachusetts health centers switch to Epic EHR with $5M grant

Ten Massachusetts health centers went live Dec. 1 with new Epic EHRs thanks to $5 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan.