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    Since Oracle completed its $28.4 billion acquisition of Cerner in June 2022, the tech giant has made multiple changes to Cerner's leadership, software offerings, employee count and operations. 
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    Closing the "evidence gap" to allow providers to deliver more informed care will require better coordination between physicians and data scientists with access to years of patient records, data leaders from Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic wrote May 17 in Harvard Business Review.
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    Oracle has reportedly cut 3,000 jobs from Cerner, with layoffs hitting sectors such as marketing, engineering, accounting, legal and product, Business Today reported May 18.
  • Epic adds AI assistant to EHRs

    Artificial intelligence voice assistant company Suki has integrated with EHR vendor Epic Systems, allowing customers to use its ambient note-generating capabilities.
  • Nebraska hospital goes live with Meditech

    Alliance, Neb.-based Box Butte General Hospital went live with its new Meditech EHR system on May 1, Alliance-Times Herald reported May 17.
  • VA's new contract puts the heat on Oracle Cerner

    The Department of Veterans Affair has renegotiated its $10 billion contract with Oracle, which dramatically increases the company's accountability for the troubled VA Cerner EHR system. 
  • HCA Healthcare seeks clinical talent for Meditech EHR implementation

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is seeking out clinical informatics experts that can help install the health system's new Meditech Expanse EHR system. 
  • Where Cerner is partnering in 2023

    From teaming up with Zoom to integrate telehealth capabilities into its EHR software to partnering with the FDA to develop AI tools that can extract clinical notes from EHRs, here is the latest in Cerner partnerships in 2023: 
  • Study: EHRs take away from human needs like relationship building

    EHRs erode the well-being of healthcare teams, taking away from their human needs such as developing relationships and building trust, a study in JAMA Network Open found.
  • Oregon VA system to reset Cerner EHR

    VA Roseburg (Ore.) Health Care System is one of the few VA medical facilities to go live with the Cerner EHR system, but due to its ongoing troubles, it will reset the system to fix its issues, The News-Review reported May 12. 
  • EHR vendor NextGen hit with 7 data breach lawsuits

    NextGen Healthcare, a provider of EHR software, is facing seven lawsuits after a March data breach compromised the protected health information of more than 1 million patients, Bloomberg Law reported May 12. 
  • Indiana health system adds e-check-in tool to Epic

    Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health has added electronic check-in options to its Epic EHR system.
  • Community Health Access Network taps new EHR partner

    Newmarket, N.H.-based Community Health Access Network, a network that delivers training and assistance to 250 providers across New Hampshire, Vermont and Texas, is tapping athenaOne as its new EHR partner.
  • Can generative AI revolutionize the EHR? ChatGPT's response vs. hospital IT execs

    Becker's spoke to hospital and health system CIOs about Epic and Microsoft integrating  generative AI into the EHR, and the responses were met with mixed reviews, but when ChatGPT was asked, it said the technology has the potential to revolutionize the EHR. 
  • VA pharmacists say Cerner EHR system increases manual workload

    The Department of Veterans Affairs and Oracle executives testified before Congress on May 9 about the ongoing issues associated with the pharmacy functions of its Cerner EHR system that contributed to the death of a veteran in Ohio, The Spokesman Review reported May 9. 
  • 5 EHR do's and don'ts for residents: AMA

    EHRs are ubiquitous in healthcare and present a great way for resident physicians to free up time to spend at the patient bedside, the American Medical Association wrote May 9.
  • Vets call for end to Cerner rollout at Washington VA hospital

    Veterans Charlie Bourg and Charlie Monroe are continuing a yearslong protest against the Cerner EHR system at Spokane, Wa.-based Mann-Grandstaff Veterans Medical Center, The Spokesman Review reported May 9.
  • 5 hospitals and health systems choosing Epic EHRs

    Below are five hospitals and health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since March 28: 
  • West Virginia hospital spending $65M on Cerner EHR

    Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center is spending $65 million to upgrade its EHR system to a Cerner one, WTOV9 reported May 9. 

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