Category: Health IT

94.6% of hospitals are using telemedicine for staffing support

A new study revealed that 94.6 percent of hospitals across the country use telemedicine, often to combat staffing shortage issues.

Epic to roll out online app gallery

Epic plans to release a new online app gallery in the coming weeks.

4 Epic features improving clinician satisfaction

Epic’s voice assistant feature, Hey Epic!, improved Epic user’s experience more than other EHR upgrades, according to a KLAS report.

EHR vendor NextGen exploring a sale: Report

EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare is reportedly looking at selling the company, Reuters reported Aug. 23. 

What Epic looks for in a network engineer

EHR giant Epic is searching for a network engineer to join its Madison, Wis.-based campus.

Judy Faulkner touts new plans for Epic

Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner told audiences at the company’s annual Users Group Meeting that the healthcare industry is adrift at sea because of challenges like provider burnout, staffing shortages, and provider and customer satisfaction,…

Epic looks to accelerate generative AI offerings

Epic is tapping into generative AI to roll out more tools to help hospitals and health systems save time on documentation, as well as coding and billing processes. 

95% of patients say telehealth is easiest way to get diagnoses

Telemedicine received the highest ratings when 1,000 U.S. patients were asked about the easiest way to obtain a diagnosis.

How Epic does clinical informatics

Epic’s Cosmos clinical informatics database is allowing health systems and researchers to find insights on how to treat blood pressure and rare diseases and even identify victims of human trafficking, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Aug. 23.

Veradigm receives 3rd Nasdaq notice for missing financial reports

Veradigm, an EHR vendor formerly known as Allscripts, received its third notice of noncompliance from Nasdaq after failing to file three financial reports with the SEC on time.