Category: Health IT

Epic’s director of health policy departs

Alya Sulaiman, corporate counsel and director of health policy and regulatory affairs for Epic Systems, left the company to join healthcare law firm McDermott Will & Emery. 

What Cerner pays its top IT professionals

Cerner pays senior software engineers $76,000 to $122,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

MUSC launches ICU-telehealth program

MUSC Health Columbia (S.C) Medical Center Downtown partnered with telemedicine company Hicuity Health to launch tele-ICU services. 

Optum Store adds $55 telehealth visits

Optum’s online marketplace, which aims to provide affordable healthcare products and services, now has virtual care visits.

What Epic pays its top IT professionals

Epic pays software developers $77,000 to $140,000 per year based on experience and other factors, according to Payscale.com.

Pennsylvania hospital eyes $2.3M Meditech install

Warren (Pa.) General Hospital is looking to install Meditech’s EHR system, which is expected to cost $2.3 million, Times Observer reported Aug. 17. 

Connecticut ditches $20M health information exchange software

The state of Connecticut has discarded a computer program it spent $20 million building for its health information exchange, the Connecticut Mirror reported Aug. 14.

How doctors can regain control of their software

I spent a year as a UCSF postdoc with the leaked tobacco documents. And this article is taken directly from the tobacco-control playbook. In the tobacco wars, we learned that: when a disease is caused by a for-profit industry, the only successful appro…

Oracle Cerner expands relationships with 161 clients

Oracle Cerner added and expanded relationships with more than 161 clients from April to June 2022. 

Froedtert Health remotely monitors COVID-19 patients, improves their outcomes

Remote monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms was associated with better outcomes for patients at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.