Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals is adding Bio-key's PortalGuard to its Epic EHR as the health system migrates from Epic Hyperspace to the Epic Hyperdrive user interface.

Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center's regional director said the hospital won't cut staff due to its projected $35 million budget deficit in which its troubled Cerner EHR system plays a large role, The Spokesman-Review reported June 8.

While Epic continues to dominate the EHR vendor market in the United States, it ranks tenth outside the U.S., trailing its closest American competitor, Oracle Cerner, a June 8 KLAS Research report found.

McLeansboro, Ill.-based Hamilton Memorial Hospital has received a $895,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help fund its Epic EHR system, WSIL reported June 7. 

Meditech lost six hospitals from its network last year and 2,056 hospital beds, but did see gains in legacy migrations and net-new customers.

Seneca Healthcare District, based in Chester, Calif., implemented its new EHR system from Cerner on June 5, replacing its outdated system. 

Hospitals are unleashing the power of artificial intelligence and EHR vendors are taking note, with many of them integrating AI algorithms into their workflows.

Oracle Cerner gained 22 hospitals within its network last year but lost thousands of hospital beds as legacy clients transitioned out.

At a five-hour introductory meeting with new staffers, Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner asks them: "Why do you come to work?" she wrote in a June 5 blog post.

After partnering with New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health to provide telehealth services for its diplomats, the U.S. State Department is now looking to install a new EHR system, Washington Technology reported June 2.

Former Epic employees are barred from working for organizations with ties to the EHR vendor for a year or two after leaving the company, Isthmus reported 

An employee from MUSC Health Lancaster (S.C.) Medical Center inappropriately accessed electronic health records of about 1,800 patients between Oct. 6, 2022, and April 11, 2023.

Some former Epic employees say the EHR vendor's noncompete agreements have held them back from advancing their careers and stifled innovation in the Madison, Wis., area, Isthmus reported June 1.

With a net worth of $7.4 billion, Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner ranked third on Forbes' June 1 list of the richest American self-made women.

The Florida legislature passed an update to the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act banning healthcare organizations using certified health record technology from storing EHR data outside the continental U.S., its territories and Canada, The HIPAA Journal reported June 2.

The Bellevue (Ohio) Hospital went live with its new EHR system, Meditech Expanse, on June 1. 

EHR vendor Epic Systems continues to be the leader in the EHR hospital market share, with 83 hospitals joining its network in 2022, compared to Oracle Cerner, which only added 22. 

From 2017 to 2022, Epic was by far the most successful EHR vendor and the only one to gain hospital beds, according to KLAS Research.

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Saudi Arabia is partnering with Cerner to build artificial intelligence models for healthcare.

Here are seven news items about EHR vendor Oracle Cerner reported on by Becker's in the past month.