Category: Health IT

Who Doesn’t Text in 2022? Most State Medicaid Programs

As states prepare for the end of the covid public health emergency, they are making plans to reevaluate each Medicaid enrollee’s eligibility. They will rely primarily on mail and email because not many states can text enrollees.

7 new products, features Epic has rolled out this year

Here is a list of seven products and integrations Epic has launched in 2022, ordered chronologically.

Oracle extends Cerner tender offer for 3rd time

Oracle extended its tender offer for its proposed acquisition of Cerner for a third time, the company said April 11.

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.