Category: Health IT

MultiCare Yakima EHR to cost $50M

After Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System acquired Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima is set to get a new EHR system, Apple Valley News Now reported Jan. 16. 

Epic launches new app platform

Epic released its new Showroom platform Jan. 17 to connect its customers with digital tools that work with its EHR.

Where medical students will help build an Epic EHR

A Rhode Island health system is offering Brown University medical students the chance to help build its Epic EHR.

15 top diagnoses for MyChart message bills

As more health systems bill for MyChart messages, the most common diagnoses for these charges include hypertension and sinus and other respiratory infections, a new study found.

Meditech inks 100th partnership for new system

Meditech has recently signed its 100th customer to the Meditech as a Service (MaaS) platform, a cloud-based, full-service EHR subscription model.

Minnesota hospital transitions clinics to Epic

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health is transitioning its Mid Dakota Clinics in Bismarck, N.D., to an Epic EHR system. 

How health systems are improving preparedness for winter surges

Winters often bring a surge in sicknesses that can overwhelm many health systems. More specifically, a winter-related uptick in the flu, COVID-19, and other illnesses can create overcrowding in physician offices and emergency departments (EDs), which t…

How health systems are improving preparedness for winter surges

Winters often bring a surge in sicknesses that can overwhelm many health systems. More specifically, a winter-related uptick in the flu, COVID-19, and other illnesses can create overcrowding in physician offices and emergency departments (EDs), which t…

Oracle moves healthcare conference due to 'huge interest'

Oracle is moving the date and location of its upcoming healthcare conference because of “huge interest,” the Nashville (Tenn.) Business Journal reported.

The 'Epic effect': How the EHR vendor shapes Wisconsin's politics

Epic’s huge expansion in recent years could shift the 2024 presidential election, Bloomberg reported Jan. 12