Category: Health IT

From handwritten notes to digital solutions: a journey in health IT

The journey of electronic health records (EHRs) mirrors my own professional transformation. As a practicing anesthesiologist at Moffitt Cancer Center in the early 2000s, I handwrote paper charts in an era when computers were already integral to other p…

The role and pitfalls of health care artificial intelligence algorithms in closed-loop anesthesia systems

Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) have been advancing steadily in health care, and anesthesia is no exception. A critical development in this area is the rise of closed-loop AI systems, which automatically control specific medical variables u…

North Carolina health system to switch to Epic

New Bern, N.C.-based CarolinaEast Health System is moving to an Epic EHR system. 

Oracle looking to acquire EMR data company: Report

Oracle is reportedly in the running to acquire Veradigm, formerly Allscripts, according to a Nov. 10 report from Seeking Alpha.

A look at Oracle's new EHR system

Oracle Health is advancing its presence in the EHR market with the development of a new AI-powered EHR platform.

Memorial Hermann's $500M EHR overhaul

Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System completed its transition to an Epic EHR system to enhance provider and nursing satisfaction, improve patient engagement and streamline revenue cycle management.

Amazon vs. Microsoft cloud with Epic: 6 notes

Health systems are beginning to transition their IT organizations to the cloud, with two of the most common options being AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Man gets 2 years in prison for accessing Supreme Court justice's EHR

A former Arlington, Va., resident has been sentenced to two years in prison for breaching the EHR of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

8 health systems switching to Epic

Already the largest U.S. EHR vendor by market share, Epic continues to add health system customers.

How Epic 'invented' modern interoperability

Before Epic “invented modern interoperability,” the EHR giant came up with a way for physicians to access patient charts at home, founder and CEO Judy Faulkner wrote in a blog post.