Cerner Corporation

Despite 2020 Earnings Dip, EHR Vendor Cerner Optimistic for 2021

by Christopher Jason

EHR vendor Cerner announced a full-year 3 percent revenue decrease in 2020 compared to the previous year. 2020 full-year revenue checked in at $5.506 billion and revenue reflected approximately 1...

Epic Systems, athenahealth, MEDITECH Top 2021 Best in KLAS Awards

by Christopher Jason

Epic Systems proved its supremacy over its EHR vendor competitors, taking home 11 Best in KLAS 2021 awards, highlighted by the Top Overall Software Suit for the 11th straight year and the Top Overall...

Epic Systems Awarded 2021 Best in KLAS for Top Overall Suite

by Christopher Jason

For the 11th straight year, Epic Systems was awarded the top overall software suite in the 2021 Best in KLAS health IT rankings. Overall, Epic earned 11 awards, including the top overall physician...

12 Behavioral Health Facilities Tap Cerner EHR for Interoperability

by Christopher Jason

Twelve behavioral health facilities within the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) group will launch Cerner EHR to provide its clinicians with up-to-date patient...

EHR Vendor Cerner Eyes Developing a $1 Billion Data Business

by Christopher Jason

For the last 18 months, Cerner has focused on developing a category-defining data business and as the company continues to attack that sector, the EHR vendor executives said they are striving towards...

Epic, Cerner, Health IT Vendors Form Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Coalition

by Christopher Jason

Several health IT vendors, organizations, and stakeholders, including Epic and Cerner, announced the formation of the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), which aims to give individuals digital...

VA EHR Modernization Project Receives Internal Backlash

by Christopher Jason

Leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR Modernization (EHRM) project are facing scrutiny from the department’s unions and internal groups, according to a POLITICO report. These...

Year in Review: Most Read EHR, Interoperability Stories of 2020

by Christopher Jason

As one of the most tumultuous years in healthcare delivery draws to a close, the most read stories of 2020 spotlight the biggest concerns, challenges, and innovation areas that were top of mind for...

Epic Systems Tops Major EHR Vendors in Health IT Interoperability

by Christopher Jason

Epic Systems is leading the way among EHR vendors and is making strides toward universal interoperability and patient data sharing, according to KLAS’s EMR Interoperability 2020...

Cerner Boosts Digital Health, Monitoring Solutions Ordering in EHR

by Christopher Jason

Cerner Corporation is making it easier for clinicians to prescribe digital health technologies to patients within the EHR, the EHR vendor has announced. The new capabilities will provide...

Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

by Christopher Jason

When the novel coronavirus began its spread across the United States, it transformed healthcare in its entirety. That includes the health IT sector, where EHR vendors had to brainstorm and develop new...

VA Seeks Feedback on Robotic Process Automation for Paper Records

by Christopher Jason

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has requested feedback regarding the use of a robotic process automation (RPA) tool to quickly transform and digitize all health records in lieu of its...

Epic, Cerner Win Most EHR Contracts Among Community Hospitals

by Kate Monica

Epic and Cerner won more EHR contracts with community hospitals than any other vendor over the past 12 months, according to an April 2018 KLAS report. The report focused on the EHR selection,...

Allscripts Debuts Machine Learning, Cloud-Based EHR System Avenel

by Kate Monica

This week at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas, Allscripts debuted a machine learning EHR system — Avenel — designed to reduce time spent on clinical documentation and boost EHR usability for...

Shulkin Requests $728M in Funds for VA Cerner EHR Implementation

by Kate Monica

VA Secretary David Shulkin recently requested that Congress redirect $728 million from its current budget to fund the VA Cerner EHR implementation. Shulkin made the request at a House Appropriations...

MIT Implements Cerner EHR, Population Health Management

by Kate Monica

MIT Medical is set to implement Cerner Millennium EHR as well as the health IT company’s population health management platform in an effort to streamline clinical, financial, and population...