Category: Health IT

Billings Clinic-Logan Health Oracle EHR rollout to begin in 2025

Billings Clinic-Logan Health, based in Kalispell, Mont., will roll out a new Oracle Health EHR system starting in 2025, Flathead Beacon reported Nov. 19. 

How Emory Healthcare reroutes 30% of MyChart messages

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare has rerouted 30% of its MyChart messages to dedicated staff to get a handle on the influx of patient portal exchanges.

How Emory Healthcare reroutes 30% of MyChart messages

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare has rerouted 30% of its MyChart messages to dedicated staff to get a handle on the influx of patient portal exchanges.

Lawmakers nix plan for stricter oversight of VA's Oracle EHR rollout

House lawmakers passed a bill to improve various services for veterans. However, the legislation left out provisions that would have required the Department of Veterans Affairs to strengthen oversight of its Oracle Health EHR modernization project, Nex…

How each generation sees AI: a reflection on adaptation

Disclaimer: This is a broad generalization meant to spark reflection. While no one perfectly fits into generational boxes, these insights are designed to explore how each age group navigates the evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI). Generatio…

Why Franciscan Health moved Epic to the Microsoft cloud

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health migrated its Epic EHR to the Microsoft cloud.

Why Franciscan Health moved Epic to the Microsoft cloud

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health migrated its Epic EHR to the Microsoft cloud.

13 health systems completing EHR implementations

Here are 13 hospitals and health systems that have completed new EHR implementations in 2024:

Reducing medical errors from health care AI: lessons from Claude Shannon and Max Planck on precision in medicine

In 1948, Claude Shannon revolutionized the world of communication with his theory of information, showing that precision and efficiency could emerge from chaos. Roughly 40 years earlier, Max Planck had done something similar in physics by discovering t…

DEA extends telehealth prescribing flexibilities: 5 notes

The Drug Enforcement Administration extended the flexibilities enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic that allows healthcare providers to prescribe specific controlled substances via telehealth.