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Emory Healthcare swaps Oracle Cerner EHR with Epic
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is transferring its EHR from Oracle Cerner to Epic as it aims to more seamlessly share patient records and improve its billing and scheduling functions.
Oracle to ‘rewrite’ VA’s Cerner EHR system amid outages
An Oracle executive in charge of the VA EHR modernization project said the company intends to rewrite the Cerner system as a new, cloud-based application for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Spokesman-Review reported Sept. 21.
Health tech startup Curative lays off 109 employees
Curative, a startup that offers testing and telehealth services, has laid off 109 employees, according to a state filing in California.
Oracle Cerner + interoperability: 7 takeaways
Oracle Cerner has been working on interoperability for years and announced new efforts in recent months since its $28.4 billion acquisition by Oracle.
3 dental offices pay fines for potential HIPAA violations
HHS’ Office of Civil Rights has settled with three dental offices over potential violations of a HIPAA provision giving patients the right of timely, affordable access to their medical records.
Hospitals get big grants to install Epic’s EHR
Small, rural and safety-net hospitals across the U.S. are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding and community grants to purchase and install Epic EHRs.
Oracle Cerner’s $156K penalty for VA EHR outages under scrutiny
Oracle Cerner’s penalty charge, imposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the number of outages the system has experienced, has come under fire from Rep. Matt Rosendale, FedScoop reported Sept. 20.
Former Amazon Care employees raise $5M for Latino-focused telehealth company
Zócalo Health, a Latino-focused telehealth company founded by two Amazon veterans, has received $5 million in seed funding to launch its virtual primary care services.
Texas hospital to use telehealth for pre-surgical physicals
Dallas-based White Rock Medical Center has partnered with telemedicine developer SHL Telemedicine to use its technology to conduct pre-surgery physicals in remote locations.
