CT Lin, MD, chief medical information officer at Aurora-based University of Colorado Health, said the amount of time physicians spend after work hours answering patient messages is "not sustainable" but that the health system is not yet ready to begin charging for messages, The Sacramento Bee reported Sept. 13.

Toccoa, Ga.-based Stephens County Hospital CEO Van Loskoski said he is looking into getting a new EMR system and vendor as the hospital looks to have a unified system, WNEG News reported Sept. 11. 

Before Judy Faulkner founded Epic, she asked someone who had spun off a lab business from University of Wisconsin-Madison for tips on how to start a company.

Oracle stock dropped 12 percent on Sept. 12, the steepest drop since 2002, after the software giant reported lower-than-expected revenue, CNBC reported.

As hospitals and health systems look for ways to compensate their physicians for the after work hours spent answering MyChart messages, many have been implementing fees for some messages, but some say this could dissuade patients with chronic diseases from messaging providers, The Sacramento Bee reported Sept. 13. 

John Day, Ore.-based Blue Mountain Hospital went live with Cerner's CommunityWorks EHR system Sept. 11, Blue Mountain Eagle reported Sept. 12. 

Cerner is facing some "near-term headwinds" as its parent company Oracle looks to move the EHR vendor to the cloud. 

EHR vendor Epic Systems has added two new large health systems to its portfolio — Pittsburgh-based UPMC and Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health. 

When EHR systems are more difficult to use, the technology can be less likely to catch medical errors, according to research from University of Utah Health. 

The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs has responded to allegations regarding the oversight of the EHR progress reports submitted by Cerner.

Private equity group Thoma Bravo is seeking $1 billion of debt financing for its proposed purchase of EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare, Bloomberg reported Sept. 8.  

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health will move from Cerner to Epic Systems by the end of 2025, as its contract with Cerner is set to end in November, the health system confirmed to Becker's. 

Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan Health CFO Peter Markell said that the health system is working to get Coastal Medical, a practice it acquired, onto Epic, Providence Business Journal reported Sept. 8.

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health saw MyChart messages increase 10 percent faster than the volume of patient visits, which prompted the health system to enact changes to cut down on the incoming volume. 

EHR vendors have been attracting the interest of tech giants and other non-healthcare companies as they look to enter the healthcare technology sector. 

Davis, Calif.-based CommuniCare Health Centers received $1.5 million in federal funds to install Epic across its eight locations, Sacramento Business Journal reported Sept. 7.

The Thrive EHR from Evident was named the top EHR for small hospitals by Black Book Research.

Healthcare IT leaders have told Becker's that artificial intelligence will only work if it is completely integrated within the EHR; Cerner and Epic have looked to deepen their AI reach. 

Leaders from Pittsburgh-based UPMC told Becker's it plans to transition to Epic because the EHR can position the health system for advances in digital health and artificial intelligence.

Some former Canton, Mass.-based Meditech employees have migrated from the EHR vendor to CIO roles in nearby health systems.