Three members of Congress wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expressing concerns that the problematic rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR at the agency could have played a role in the deaths of two veterans.
Category: Health IT
UnityPoint rolls out 2 new telehealth programs
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has rolled out two new telehealth programs for patients seeking treatments for common ailments.
Texas AG to investigate Epic’s role in denying patients’ access to medical records
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Epic Systems over a policy that allegedly prevents parents from accessing their children’s medical records once they become teenagers.
What physicians, patients think of charging for MyChart messages
Cleveland Clinic’s plan to charge for MyChart messages requiring clinician time and expertise has been met with mixed reviews from physicians and patients.
MSU Health Care integrates data sharing capabilities into EHR
MSU Health Care has integrated Higi’s patient engagement platform into its EHR system using healthcare interoperability company Ellkay, in order to have a complete view of a patient’s medical history.
3 health systems choosing Meditech EHRs
Below are three health systems that have implemented or announced plans to implement an EHR system from Meditech:
Is Epic’s dominance good for healthcare?
Epic is the biggest name in health IT and, by all accounts, only getting bigger.
Teladoc reaches 50M visits
Telehealth company Teladoc has reached the 50 million visit milestone, and a quarter of Americans now have access to Teladoc through their employer or health plan.
Pennsylvania hospital switching EHRs from Allscripts to Epic
Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital is changing its EHR to Epic and will go live with the new system Dec. 4.
Design thinking in health care: Physicians already have the training to be innovators
Compared to the Silicon Valley world of moving fast and breaking things, health care change often happens slowly. Some of the reasons for the inertia of our industry make sense. Change impacting patients requires a vetting process to ensure we are crea…
