Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine reduced patient portal messages to physicians by having medical assistants triage the communications.
Category: Health IT
The hospital that was too small to work with Epic
Boulder (Colo.) Community Health, a hospital composed of 2,400 employees, was once too small to work with EHR vendor Epic, hospital CEO and President Robert Vissers, MD, told the Denver Business Journal in a June 11 article.
US sues telehealth companies
The U.S. government has sued several telehealth companies and executives for alleged unfair and deceptive practices.
Epic's biggest moves in 2024
From plans to launching a new app for Apple’s Vision Pro headset to releasing artificial intelligence validation software, here is a look at EHR vendor Epic Systems’ biggest moves so far in 2024:
AI, the physician shortage, and other health care trends [PODCAST]
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Ascension restores EHRs in Illinois, Wisconsin
St. Louis-based Ascension brought EHRs back online in Illinois and Wisconsin and said it remains on track to reinstate digital medical records across all 140 of its hospitals by June 14.
New Epic partnership aims to improve neonatal care
EHR vendor Epic Systems has entered into a new partnership with GeneDx, a genetic testing company.
Teladoc names new CEO
Teladoc has named Chuck Divita as its new CEO.
VA says Oracle Health EHR is failing
An unpublished survey from the Department of Veterans Affairs revealed that its new Oracle Health EHR system is not helping improve patient care, Bloomberg reported June 7.
Ascension works to update patient portal following cyberattack
St. Louis-based Ascension is updating its patient portal in six markets after restoring the EHRs there following a May 8 cyberattack.
