MercyOne health system will transition to Epic EHR in the coming months to align with Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, which fully acquired the Clive, Iowa-based health system Sept. 1.
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Hospitals that share public health data will get better Medicare rates
Hospitals are eligible for increased financial incentives if they share data with public health authorities as part of a new CMS rule, Pew reported Aug. 31.
Oracle Cerner exec calls agreement ‘leap’ toward interoperability
The news that an EHR vendor consortium is signing on to a new federal health information sharing effort is a huge step toward creating a national healthcare data exchange, an Oracle Cerner executive wrote in an Aug. 31 blog post.
MultiCare 1st health system to partner with virtual care platform 98point6
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.
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.
