Oracle, the parent company of EHR vendor Cerner, has laid off 201 employees, according to a state filing in California.
Category: Health IT
Wyoming health system switches from Meditech to Epic in $8M EHR migration
Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health is switching EHRs from Meditech to Epic in a move that will cost $8 million, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.
Nebraska prison’s failure to set up EHR system contributed to inmate’s death, state report says
A Nebraska Officer of Inspector General of Corrections report into the death of Niccole Wetherell, an inmate at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women, showed that the lack of an EHR system in the facility violated a state statute and contributed t…
How NYU Langone’s virtual oncology program is bridging the digital divide for medically underserved patients
A pilot program at NYU Langone is using telemedicine to match eligible lung cancer patients with supportive care physicians at Perlmutter Cancer Center.
Epic adds two new capabilities to its EHR
Epic has formed partnerships with a predictive analytics company and a commercial stage biotechnology company, adding new capabilities to its EHR system.
Telehealth visits are on a steady decline: 5 things to know
Telehealth visits have been on the steady decline since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but remain well above pre-pandemic levels, Politico reported Oct. 11.
Loma Linda University Medical Center digitizes trauma screenings through Epic EHR
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center digitally screens for childhood adversity in its Epic EHR, leading to increases in both screenings and revenue, according to an Oct. 10 report from the EHR vendor.
How Memorial Healthcare System uses social determinants of health to ‘customize’ patient treatments
Jennifer Goldman, MD, chief of primary care of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, worked with internal and external IT experts to have social determinants of health not only included in its Epic EHR system, but made it a prominent featur…
New Hampshire hospital goes live with Oracle Cerner EHR system
Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare went live with Oracle Cerner’s Community Works EHR system on Oct. 3.
Nebraska hospital transitioning to Meditech EHR
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., recently completed a Meditech mock live drill as it transitions to the EHR vendor.
