The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is delaying its EHR implementation for sites in Idaho amid concerns the EHR system could be endangering patient safety and may triple in cost, according to...
Erie Family Health Centers has gone live with an OCHIN Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation at its 13 community health center locations across Chicago.
The OCHIN Epic EHR implementation...
Senior Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) staff gave inaccurate EHR training information to OIG reviewers, according to an OIG report.
In February 2020, the OIG Office of Healthcare Inspections (OHI)...
The Department of Veterans Affairs' new Cerner EHR has negatively impacted patient safety, according to a VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
In May 2021, after identifying patient safety...
St. Dominic Hospital partnered with Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center (SMRMC), helping the medical center implement its Epic EHR system throughout the organization, according to a recent...
A Mayo Clinic EHR training program helped improve user confidence and proficiency in the EHR postimplementation, according to a study published in JAMIA.
Physician leaders in informatics designed an...
Caris Life Sciences, a molecular science company, has announced a partnership with Epic Systems to support an EHR integration to improve molecular testing access.
Through this partnership, oncologists...
Midwest Orthopaedic Center has announced that it will begin EHR implementation from health IT vendor eClinicalWorks which is expected to improve clinician workflow and efficacy.
The...
As an early health IT adopter, Littleton Regional Healthcare in New Hampshire had amassed a portfolio of several different EHR platforms to support its suite of specialties. And a lack of interoperability between these systems made a...
Epic Systems has announced a partnership with genetic testing and precision medicine company, Myriad Genetics, to support an Epic EHR integration to drive patient access to genetic testing.
Through...
Following the most recent delays of the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program through Department of Veterans Affairs, President Biden has signed a bill into law that will increase EHRM...
The Department of Defense is confident that its EHR implementation, MHS GENESIS, will be deployed on schedule and completed by the end of 2023, according to reporting from FedScoop.
In light of...
Atlanta-based healthcare system Piedmont has successfully launched an Epic EHR implementation at its five newest hospitals.
In August 2021, Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center, Piedmont Eastside...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has postponed several EHR implementations after a draft OIG report found that the Cerner EHR system has negatively impacted patient safety at Spokane’s VA...
Encompass Health, an integrated healthcare services company, has launched its 150th post-acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, with the Oracle Cerner EHR system.
The...
A draft report from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that the Cerner EHR system at Spokane’s VA hospital has put patient safety at risk, causing...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Spokane lacked important quality and patient safety metrics a year after it became the agency’s Cerner EHR pilot site, according to a VA...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has continued to rollout a Cerner EHR system despite patient safety concerns, including a proposed June 25 implementation at the Boise VA Medical Center (VAMC),...
Connecticut Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UConn Health will soon join the rest of the health system in streamlining clinical documentation with an Epic EHR implementation set...
The Senate has unanimously passed legislation to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program.
The VA...