Charting: It’s a word that can make even the most seasoned clinician’s shoulders tense. In my journey as the nurse practitioner charting coach, I’ve uncovered the shared struggles clinicians face with charting overload, which is why I…
Category: Health IT
Epic's top 10 moves of '24
Epic maintained its busy pace in 2024, with new health system deals and product launches.
AI hype could undermine its real potential in health care
Imagine if headlines proclaimed, “X-ray sees what doctors can’t” or “Lab test outperforms physicians’ clinical gestalt.” Absurd, right? You can recognize how such claims distort the role these tools play in health ca…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill
Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate successfully negotiated an enormous end-of-Congress health package, including bipartisan efforts to address prescription drug prices — only to see it blown up at the last minute after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump applied pressure. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court accepted its first abortion-related case of the term, and the attorney general of Texas sued a doctor in New York for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas patient. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Victoria Knight of Axios join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KFF President and CEO Drew Altman about what happened in health policy in 2024 and what to expect in 2025.
Epic's 2025 priorities
Epic’s roadmap for 2025 focuses on advancing clinician efficiency, enhancing patient empowerment and optimizing operational efficiency.
Florida health system eyes 2025 as 'year of innovation' after Epic go-live
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health has completed its transition to an Epic EHR system, aiming to make 2025 the organization’s “year of innovation,” CIO Steven Travers told Becker’s.
Why spending $35M on Epic was an 'easy' decision for a CFO
Despite an investment that will drag down his bottom line in the near term, a three-hospital system CFO told Becker’s it was an “easy” choice to switch to Epic.
Telemedicine's value grows
Telemedicine is becoming an indispensable part of healthcare, according to Doximity’s Dec. 17 report.
Meditech's plans for 2025
Meditech shared with Becker’s that it plans to tackle healthcare’s most pressing challenges in 2025, including clinician burnout and health inequities, by focusing on key initiatives such as advancing interoperability, introducing new tools, and integr…
Oracle Health's 10 biggest moves in '24
Oracle Health’s busy 2024 included a bevy of new EHR product reveals and deals with health systems.
