One of most exciting aspects of the HITECH Act is that it’s supposed to encourage portability of medical information across EHR software, hospitals, clinics and even state lines. Unfortunately, we’re ...

The use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems has revolutionized how healthcare is provided by allowing access to data and improving the coordination of care among medical professionals. But, the ...

VA and Oracle Health say the modernization project’s operational pause has allowed them to enhance the new software’s ...

As electronic health records get broader adoption, smaller health systems are realizing that the big, one-size-fits-all approach offered by the likes of Epic and Cerner may not be appropriate for them ...

Newcomers to healthcare quickly figure out the industry is a salad bowl of acronyms and abbreviations. Aside from a little annoyance and a lot of patient confusion, most are innocuous and don’t garner ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The deployment of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ new multibillion-dollar Oracle-Cerner Millennium electronic health record system ...

Electronic health records (EHRs) play a crucial role in both clinical care and financial management in healthcare today. As hospitals and health systems face rising costs and persistent labor ...

Epic added a total of 176 facilities and 29,399 beds in 2024, while Oracle lost 74 sites and 17,232 beds during the same period, the report said. For the first time ever, Oracle declined to share a ...

Intentional governance, process redesign, change management and data strategy all must be addressed to achieve optimal electronic records, says Barry Mathis, managing principal of IT advisory ...

Epic Systems, the biggest electronic health records (EHR) vendor, notched its largest ever net gain in hospital market share on record in 2024, widening its lead over rival Oracle, according to a ...