Greenbrae, Calif.-based MarinHealth Medical Center’s new EHR system called APeX went live at the health system Aug. 8.
Category: Health IT
Amwell revenue up 7% to $64.5M
Amwell reported a second quarter revenue of $64.5 million, up 7 percent from $60.2 million in the second quarter of 2021.
Q&A with CIO Donna Roach on what’s stalling healthcare data-sharing
Health data interoperability has long been a goal of health IT executives and policy experts. But it’s 2022 — and the healthcare system doesn’t appear all that close to getting there.
Amwell announces CVS Health virtual care partnership
Amwell is working with CVS Health to roll out the retail drugstore giant’s new virtual primary care service, the telehealth provider announced in its Aug. 4 second quarter earnings call.
Allscripts CEO eyes new life sciences, payer acquisitions
Allscripts will focus on payers and life sciences companies after selling its hospital and large physician practices division, CEO Rick Poulton announced in an earnings call Aug. 4.
Patient-initiated collaborative texting [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Nearly three-quarters of consumers say they prefer texting with a business if an actual human is the returning texts — no bots need reply. But the rise of artificial intelligence has…
Los Angeles hospitals launch telestroke program
Los Angeles-based hospital CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has launched a telestroke program in collaboration with the University of Southern California’s Keck Medicine.
4 health systems switching to Epic EHR systems
Below are four health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since June 16.
Epic’s naloxone script reminders working at Nebraska Medicine
Prescriptions for the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone have increased dramatically at Omaha-based Nebraska Medicine since the health system put a prescribing reminder in its Epic EHR, the vendor said in an Aug. 1 report.
HHS, Justice Department issue telehealth nondiscrimination guidance
HHS and the Justice Department have partnered to issue guidance for healthcare providers on protections under nondiscrimination laws and how they apply to telehealth.
