Category: Health IT

7 Epic updates in 30 days

From creating a new coalition with Intermountain Health to gaining more hospital and health system customers, here are seven updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in December:

Under siege: the escalating ransomware crisis in health care

It’s not your imagination. Ransomware threats to health care organizations are at record levels and continue to rise. Last year, there were 389 reported ransomware attacks on health care organizations in the U.S., up from 258 in 2022. This year, …

Epic + Oracle Health: 20 things to know ahead of 2025

Epic Systems and Oracle Health are anticipating big years in 2025.

The rise and fall of telepsychiatry

Telepsychiatry is a private audio (telephony) or video (video with sound) conference connection through which most psychiatric services can be provided to patients. I have been an early adopter and advocate for providing services, through telepsychiatr…

Evaluating the performance of health care artificial intelligence (AI): the role of AUPRC, AUROC, and average precision

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more embedded in health care, the ability to accurately evaluate AI models is critical. In medical applications, where early diagnosis and anomaly detection are often key, selecting the right performance AI metri…

Can AI medical scribes solve clinician burnout? [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us as we delve into the transformative potential of AI medical scribes in health care with family nurse practitioner Erica Dorn. Discover how this technology is resha…

AI’s cognitive gap: Why human doctors remain irreplaceable

Around Christmas time every year, The BMJ publishes lighthearted feature articles and original, peer-reviewed research intended to ease physicians into the holiday season and help them escape the drudgery of practice. The 2024 collection of articles is…

How Judy Faulkner teaches good EHR habits

Good EHR habits come down to one thing, according to Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner: training.

What's next for Amazon in healthcare?

Amazon plans to accelerate its healthcare ambitions, with a focus on expanding its footprint and leveraging health system partnerships in 2025.

Oracle Health's 2025 vision

Oracle aims to revolutionize the EHR in 2025, transforming it from an administrative burden into a clinical asset powered by AI and machine learning, Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences told Beck…