Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is the first in the country to partner with virtual primary care platform 98point6, the tech company said Sept. 1.
Category: Health IT
Meditech software helps reduce C. diff cases, canceled tests at Ohio hospital
Hospital-acquired infections at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth have fallen since it implemented a software program from Meditech, the EHR vendor said Aug. 30.
Novant Health integrates RCM system into its Epic EHR
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has partnered with healthcare billing company Cedar to add a post-visit billing and payment platform management system into its Epic EHR system.
UCI Health using natural language processing to extract clinical information from EHRs
Orange County, Calif.-based UCI Health has partnered with biomedical tech company Melax Tech to implement its natural language processing technology into its data science platform.
10 Oracle Cerner headlines from August
From its new parent company cutting jobs to problems with its U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs EHR rollout to a large racial discrimination settlement, here are 10 updates on Oracle Cerner reported by Becker’s in August:
Ochsner Health 1st to use Epic EHR app for personalized cancer treatment
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is the first health system to integrate its EHR with an Epic application that aims to provide individualized cancer treatment.
Q&A with CIO Dr. Zafar Chaudry on what US could learn about healthcare data-sharing from other parts of the world
Zafar Chaudry, MD, has been involved in health IT for more than three decades, working in both the United States and United Kingdom. So he has a unique perspective on how patient data exchange operates in two totally different healthcare systems.
Epic to offer blood transfusion information to its network of hospitals
Epic entered into an agreement with medical technology company Haemonetics Corp. to offer its blood bank information system to Epic’s network of hospitals.
11 health systems adopting Oracle Cerner’s EHR tech to improve patient safety, satisfaction
Oracle Cerner’s clients have achieved top HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model Stage 7 validation, the highest recognition for hospitals that have embraced the shift from paper to EHRs.
Epic in the last 30 days
From plans to build a nationwide health IT infrastructure to new partnerships with health systems, here are nine updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in August.
