Category: Health IT

Cerner adds, expands relationships with 331 clients in Q1

Cerner added and expanded relationships with 331 clients in the first quarter of 2022. 

UConn Health implementing Epic EHR system into its neonatal intensive care unit

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health’s neonatal intensive care unit will replace its paper record keeping system with Epic’s EHR system. 

What’s next for Epic, Cerner

Epic and Cerner make up more than half of the U.S. hospital EHR market, but they are leaning into different strategies for growth.

To scribe or not to scribe? That is the question.

By this title, I mean whether it is a good idea or not to hire a scribe to enter data into the electronic medical record (EMR) system. I favor having a scribe. I came of age with paper charts, and I found the transition to EMR tricky and time-consuming…

U.S. senators outline 5 ways to expand mental health telemedicine

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is calling for an expansion of mental health telemedicine, which has proliferated in use during the COVID-19 crisis.

Company that flags billing issues to integrate with Meditech EHR

A company that aims to prevent medical billing errors will be integrated with a Meditech EHR system.

Meditech adds obstetric hemorrhage tools to its EHR system

Meditech added an obstetric hemorrhage toolkit to its Expanse EHR system.  

Florida health system to spend $65M on Cerner to Epic transition

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System will spend $65 million to transition its Cerner EHR system to an Epic system, Naples Daily News reported May 26.

CVS Health launches a new virtual primary care service

CVS Health launched a new virtual primary care service that will offer integrated care services through one platform, it announced May 26. 

A quick call can lower emergency department readmission, according to study 

A follow-up call and chat with a medical professional after discharge from the emergency department may help reduce return visits, according to a May 20 study published in JAMA Network Open.