Oracle extended its tender offer for its proposed acquisition of Cerner for a third time, the company said April 11.
Category: Health IT
14 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent
Four of the top vendors hospitals and health systems use for their Medicare EHR incentive programs are Allscripts, Epic, Cerner and Meditech, according to ONC data.
How much time do physicians spend in the EHR?
Doctors often find the electronic health record (EHR) time-consuming and annoying. However, quantitative estimates of physicians’ time on EHR tasks are sparse and not collated. We assembled evidence on hours dedicated to the EHR each day by physi…
5 systems launching Epic EHRs
Here are five health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so in 2022.
Banner Health launches OB telehealth program for rural patients
Phoenix-based Banner Health is piloting a telehealth program aimed at increasing access to obstetrical care for rural patients.
VA, Defense Department EHR outage affects 95,000 clinicians
An April 6 EHR outage at three Veterans Affairs medical centers, 66 Defense Department sites and 109 Coast Guard sites affected more than 95,000 clinicians, Nextgov reported April 7.
Cerner appoints 2 new leaders
Cerner welcomed two new senior vice presidents, the EHR vendor said in a statement shared with Becker’s on April 7.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Finally, a Fix for the ‘Family Glitch’
week to announce a new policy for the Affordable Care Act that would make subsidies available to more families with unaffordable employer coverage. Meanwhile, Congress struggled to find a compromise for continued federal funding of covid-19 vaccines, testing, and treatments. Tami Luhby of CNN, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
Epic adds interoperability software to Garden Plot
Epic added interoperability software for health data integration requirements within its new software-as-a-service offering designed for independent medical groups.
Telehealth claim lines rose 10% in January
National telehealth use among individuals with private health insurance grew 10.2 percent from December to January, up from 4.9 percent of all medical claim lines to 5.4 percent, according to an April 6 Fair Health report.
