Oracle Cerner has been awarded two task orders worth $956 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue modernizing the VA’s EHR system, GovConWire reported Oct. 24.
Category: Health IT
How AI-based technology can help improve hospital capacity management [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Health system leaders can master this ‘chess game’ by anticipating the next several moves well in advance with the assistance of AI-based predictive analytic tools. This …
Office of Inspector General urges CMS to evaluate home-based telehealth
The HHS Office of Inspector General urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to evaluate how the use of telehealth affected the quality of home healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minnesota hospital spending $25M to switch to Epic
Fergus Falls, Minn.-based Lake Region Healthcare is spending $25 million to unify its three EHR systems with Epic.
How the costs of an EHR install can add up, according to 3 health IT execs
Electronic health records have a multitude of benefits for health systems, such as interoperability, improving physician efficiency and easy access to patients’ medical history, but the cost of implementation is just one of the barriers of adoption for…
Blind to Problems: How VA’s Electronic Record System Shuts Out Visually Impaired Patients
Veterans Affairs’ electronic health records aren’t friendly to blind- and low-vision users, whether they’re patients or employees. It’s a microcosm of America’s health care system.
Meditech adds enhancements to its population health platform
EHR company Meditech is adding a population health management tool to its population health portfolio.
Where states stand on telehealth policy
As states continue to adopt more robust telehealth policies, each state has a unique approach to how telehealth is treated by Medicaid programs, private payer laws and professional requirements, according to an October telehealth policy report by the C…
Memorial Hermann to provide school-based pediatric telehealth
Houston-based Children’s Memorial Hermann has partnered with telehealth company Hazel Health to provide outpatient pediatric care to K-12 students in Houston.
Oracle touts plans to modernize its EHR system
Oracle Cerner is adding new product offerings to its EHR system with the aim of working to modernize the electronic health record and build a more open and more connected cloud-enabled platform.
