Epic was once the victim of industrial espionage but decided not to take the other company to court, founder and CEO Judy Faulkner wrote April 8.
Category: Health IT
Epic, Press Ganey to automate nursing quality reporting
EHR vendor Epic’s nurse-sensitive indicators and outcomes will now be integrated into Press Ganey’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators.
The role of AI in medical education: Embrace it or fear it?
Artificial intelligence is upon us and likely will forever change the way we interact with learning and education. Despite this reality, educational institutions seem to fall into either of two camps. One camp seems loath to acknowledge that AI exists….
Empowering patients: Navigating medical information with AI
An excerpt from ChatGPT, MD: How AI-Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine. Imagine a ship at sea, its engine idle. The boat drifts dangerously close to the shoals, a mere hundred yards from land. The captain, feari…
Meet Michigan Medicine's new virtual care assistant: Barbie
Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine physicians have been getting assistance with telehealth visits from an unlikely but iconic source: Barbie.
Penn State Health's fix for portal message tsunami
Patient portal messages and emails have become a problem contributing to long work hours for clinicians and unsatisfied patients.
Teladoc Health's CEO abruptly exits
Teladoc Health’s CEO Jason Gorevic is leaving his role as head of the company effective immediately.
Missouri hospital switching to Epic
Springfield, Mo.-based Jordan Valley Community Health Center is moving to an Epic EHR system, SBJ reported April 4.
HCA rolls out EHR referrals to psychiatrists
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s physician practices and urgent care centers can now refer patients to psychiatric care through their EHR system.
End of Internet Subsidies for Low-Income Households Threatens Telehealth Access
A federal program that helped pay for more than 23 million low-income households’ internet access runs out of money soon. The end of the subsidy launched earlier in the pandemic could have profound impacts on health care access.
