Category: Health IT

AI medical scribes: Boosting efficiency or risking over-reliance?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming health care at extremely rapid rates. In this ever-evolving world of health care technology, clinicians should be searching for ways to optimize their workflow, improve patient care, and maintain a healthy w…

Washington health system integrates Epic EHR

A Washington hospital has integrated a local medical group into its Epic EHR.

Oracle to launch new EHR system

Oracle is releasing a new AI-powered EHR system, CNBC reported Oct. 29. 

How automation helps nurses return to the bedside

I have been in health care and worked as a bedside nurse for more than 30 years now. Early in my career a surgeon said to me, “I could have made changes if I had that information sooner. I’ve had 200 people on my operating room table during…

Oracle Health to join interoperability network

Oracle Health said it intends to obtain the Qualified Health Information Network designation under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, known as TEFCA.

How the DEA’s use of predictive algorithms is worsening crises in urban communities and raising suicide rates among African Americans

The true definition of criminal behavior has always been problematic. Are we criminals because we break the law or because we have been convicted? Famous and revered people throughout history have clearly broken the law but are almost never defined as …

14 Epic updates in 30 days

From deepening its partnership with Microsoft to more details regarding its antitrust lawsuit, here are 14 updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in October:

35 things to know about Oracle Health

Oracle Health is among the prominent platforms used by hospitals and health systems across the U.S. for a variety of functions, including the EHR.

California Mental Health Agency Director To Resign Following Conflict of Interest Allegations

Toby Ewing, executive director of California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, is resigning amid an investigation into his conduct and revelations that he traveled to the U.K. courtesy of a vendor as he sought to protect state funding for its contract.

A California Official Helped Save a Mental Health Company’s Contract. It Flew Him to London.

The director of a California state mental health agency traveled to the U.K. courtesy of Kooth, a digital mental health company with a $271 million contract to build a therapy app for the state’s youth. Weeks earlier, he pressed key legislative staffers to restore a proposed cut to Kooth’s funding.