Category: Health IT

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…

Oracle Cerner picks up 8 new clients in Q3

Hospitals in Alabama, Hawaii, Illinois and Louisiana are moving to Oracle Cerner for their EHR technology.

Tennessee health system to develop 2 clinical insight tools for its EHR

Williamson Medical Center has partnered with health tech company EvidenceCare to develop two decision support tools within its Meditech EHR system. 

Meditech, Google Health partner on clinician search tool

Meditech and Google Health will pilot their clinical search tool at Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System and Mauston, Wis.-based Mile Bluff Medical Center. 

LG, Amwell partner on virtual discharge tool aimed at combating workforce shortage

LG and Amwell have created a virtual care tool that allows clinicians to use existing LG healthcare TVs to remotely monitor, engage and discharge patients.

Patients Complain Some Obesity Care Startups Offer Pills, and Not Much Else

A new wave of obesity care startups offer access to new weight loss medications. But do they offer good health care?

Google Cloud, Epic partner; Hackensack first health system to migrate EHR

Google Cloud and Epic have reached an agreement to enable health systems to migrate their EHRs to the cloud, while Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health will be the first organization to do so.

Oracle Cerner, Labcorp partner to manage hospital labs in 10 states

Oracle Cerner has partnered with life sciences company Labcorp to manage hospital-based laboratories in 10 states. 

Iowa health system goes live with Meditech EHR

Floyd County Medical Center went live with the Meditech Expanse EHR system on Nov. 1. 

How templates can make you a better doctor

“If it ain’t written down, it didn’t happen.” We’ve heard that before. And it’s so true. Good medical documentation is essential because it reflects your clinical thought process. Your notes are crucial for continuin…