Twelve hospitals and hundreds of clinics that are part of Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine were recently recognized by HIMSS for EHR adoption.
Category: Health IT
Sanford Health breaks ground on 60K-square-foot virtual care center
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has started construction on a 60,000-square-foot virtual care center the health system says will expand services to its largely rural patient population.
Epic installed at nearly 900 Pacific Dental practices
One of the largest dental service organizations in the U.S. partnered with Epic to install EHR across almost 900 dental practices in its network.
Michigan health system plans to expand remote patient monitoring to 7,000 patients
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care plans to expand its remote-monitoring program to 7,000 patients after a successful pilot launch, MLive reported Aug. 22.
Nearly 500 EHR disruptions since 2020: VA details frustration with Oracle Cerner
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has had 498 disruptions to its EHR since Oracle Cerner began installing the new system in the fall of 2020, FedScoop reported recently.
10 top players in the virtual care market
As patients have increasingly sought telehealth services in recent years, while regulators have opened up rules allowing providers to be paid for them, the virtual care market is expected to continue growing.
What 4 health systems are paying for EHR installs
Here is how much four health systems are expected to pay for the cost of purchasing and installing a new electronic health record system:
Health informatics chief Dr. Peter Winkelstein says EHR, patient data exchange could work like smartphone apps
The seamless sharing of patient data has long been a goal of many in healthcare. Just ask Peter Winkelstein, MD.
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.
