Category: Health IT

HHS calls for stricter oversight of remote patient monitoring

HHS is calling for increased oversight for remote patient monitoring as its use within Medicare has increased in recent years. 

Epic's fix for interoperability, per Judy Faulkner

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said 100% of Epic health systems can interoperate and athenahealth has a high interoperability rate, but that still leaves a lot of organizations that can’t easily share data.

Can AI solve physician burnout or create a new crisis? [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! We sit down with Dike Drummond, a family practice physician, to explore how AI-powered note-writing software is revolutionizing medical documentation. While these tools of…

Health systems moving to Oracle Health EHRs

According to KLAS, Oracle Health ranks second in the U.S. hospital market share, with approximately 23.4% of acute care hospitals utilizing its platform, following Epic.

VA's Oracle Health EHR sees 826 'major performance incidents'

From October 2020 and March 2024, the VA’s Oracle Health EHR system experienced 826 “major performance incidents,” a Sept. 23 report from the VA’s inspector general office found. 

3 hospitals select Oracle Health EHR

Three hospitals recently selected Oracle Health CommunityWorks as their integrated EHR supporting hospital and ambulatory settings.

Epic faces antitrust lawsuit

A startup has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Epic Systems alleging that the company is leveraging its position in the EHR market to stifle competition in the payer platform sector.

Improve your medical presentations: How to embed videos in PowerPoint like a pro

An excerpt from Medical Presentations. In our workshops, one of the most common issues that participants raise relates to using videos in PowerPoint. They are unsure how to source videos and are afraid to use them based on past experiences. The risks a…

What it's like to outsource an Epic EHR switch

Two New York health systems are outsourcing their Epic implementations to allow them to switch to an EHR that is sometimes out of reach for smaller organizations.

Logan Health to replace Meditech EHR with Oracle

Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health is moving to an Oracle Health EHR system, Daily Inter Lake reported Sept. 20.