Patients are having difficulty accessing medical records from Herington (Kan.) Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital that closed Oct. 9, local news outlet KWCH reported Oct. 26.

Milwaukee-based Marquette University is the first nursing school in the country to use Epic's educational Lyceum platform to teach its students how to navigate around the EHR.

With New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health switching to Epic, the EHR vendor now has a unique distinction: It will be used by every health system on U.S. News & World Report's best hospitals list.

Kootenai Health, based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, said it is experiencing an issue with its EHR system platform.

From partnering with hospitals in Saudi Arabia to California, Oracle Cerner has had a busy 2023.

Baptist Memorial Health Care, based in Memphis, Tenn., activated its Epic Cloud instance on Amazon Web Services. 

As Epic continues to solidify its grip over the EHR market, the software giant is launching new expansion projects in its home base of Verona, Wis.

EHR vendors have faced various challenges and opportunities over the years, and their performance in the marketplace has been influenced by regulatory changes, technology advancements and evolving healthcare needs, but one vendor continues to gain the hospital market share. 

Epic was born from a humbling lesson borne by its CEO, Judy Faulkner. Yet this experience left an indelible mark on the company and its leader.

Houston Methodist went live with a pilot Oct. 19 that connects Amazon's Echo Dot with its Epic EHR system. 

Satya Nadella, CEO and chairman of Microsoft, said Epic Systems is implementing an array of copilot solutions that leverage Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service and Dragon Ambient eXperience Copilot.

Clara Guixa, vice president of applications and deputy CIO of Boston Children's Hospital, said the move to a fully Epic EHR system will give the health system the opportunity to transform digitally, increase interoperability and drive greater efficiencies. 

Sarah D. Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Ill., is preparing to launch Oracle Health Community Works as its new EHR on Nov. 6.

Andrew Albano, DO, chief medical officer of Prisma Health, based in Greenville, S.C., said one of the biggest problems with the EHR is the "note float," and that AI may be a promising tool to help with this, Computerworld reported Oct. 17. 

United Medical, a Bear, Del.-based multispecialty network of 225 healthcare providers, announced that it expanded its relationship with Oracle Health by another seven years.

Health systems in New York and California are seeking Epic talent with a posted salary of more than $100,000.

Epic already has generative artificial intelligence built into its EHR to draft patient portal messages, write nurse handoffs, and create patient summaries — and the company says it has more than 60 additional use cases in development.

Patients of Herington (Kan.) Hospital have reported trouble getting access to their medical records after the hospital abruptly announced its closure on Oct. 9, NBC affiliate KSNW reported Oct. 12. 

When Epic created its first billing system, it charged $3,000 — less than it cost the EHR vendor to make.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals CIO Robert Eardley told Becker's that the guiding principle in its process to convert 5.6 million patient records into a single Epic EHR was ensuring that patient care was seamless and uninterrupted.