A U.S. House committee approved a bill May 8 that would extend health systems’ ability to provide telehealth and hospital-at-home care.
Category: Health IT
Cerner lost clients after Oracle acquisition: Report
After Oracle acquired Cerner for $28.4 billion in June 2022, the company lost at least a dozen of the EHR vendor’s large clients, Bloomberg reported May 9.
Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One.
Dozens of hospitals have deployed a device that uses artificial intelligence to monitor patients remotely. One hospital says it reduces nurses’ workloads — but some nurses fear the technology could replace them.
Challenging health care norms with collaboration and EMRs [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join Ron M. Aryel, a pediatrician whose journey challenges conventional views on insurance companies and electronic medical records (EMRs). Ron shares his remarkable story…
How Epic got its name
Epic’s EHR got its name from the word for a Greek poem, or “a glorious recounting of events,” in this case the story of a patient, according to company founder and CEO Judy Faulkner.
How Epic got its name
Epic’s EHR got its name from the word for a Greek poem, or “a glorious recounting of events,” in this case the story of a patient, according to company founder and CEO Judy Faulkner.
Biden Team’s Tightrope: Reining In Rogue Obamacare Agents Without Slowing Enrollment
Federal regulators face a growing challenge — how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumers’ Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.
The 15 health system leaders governing Epic's research network
The chief research information officer of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is one of the newest governing council members for Epic’s Cosmos research network.
New Jersey 'smart' hospital opts for Meditech
Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System’s new “smart hospital” in Paramus, N.J., is using Meditech’s Expanse EHR system.
The universal impact of health care informatics
In the bustling city of New York lived a young woman named Emily. Emily wasn’t a health care provider or even remotely associated with the medical field. She worked as a graphic designer, spending her days creating stunning visuals for advertisin…
