From developing over 60 generative AI models to making its software available on Apple platforms, here are 10 updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s Hospital Review in March:
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AI adoption in health care: early adopters to late adapters
Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) marks a pivotal change in the swiftly evolving health care landscape. The adoption curve of AI in health care mirrors the classic early adopters versus late adapters scenario seen in technology uptake. As an eme…
The truth about health care startups: financial sacrifices and emotional toll
The allure of joining a startup as a health care professional is undeniable. With over 70 percent of physicians now employed by health systems and other corporate entities – we often feel like invisible cogs in a machine and feel excluded from an…
Attending physicians less likely to respond to minorities' messages: Study
Racial and ethnic minorities experienced lower response rates from attending physicians for patient portal messages, but higher response rates from registered nurses, indicating potential disparities in triage prioritization, a March 18 study published…
9 Epic hospitals affected by data center outage
A San Jose, Calif.-based Equinix data center used by Epic experienced a “power issue” that led to a brief outage March 20.
How CMS is digitizing prior authorizations to save $15B
CMS is aiming to solve one of healthcare’s most perplexing — and time-consuming — issues: the dreaded prior authorization.
Stanford lightens cognitive EHR burden for physicians
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care researchers found that using AI in the EHR to assist clinicians with answering patient messages has been able to reduce clerical burden and lower feelings of burnout.
New UI Health campus to go live with Epic
Iowa City-based UI Health Care’s new campus plans to go live with an Epic EHR system in May.
Why physicians are charging for emails
Physicians are billing for emails because the deluge of patient portal communications is causing “burnout” and “moral injury” while, at the same time, clinicians are facing declining reimbursement, two physician leaders wrote in Time.
Epic's bet on generative AI
Epic is betting that generative artificial intelligence will be the future of healthcare.
