Oracle Cerner said 32 community, critical access and specialty hospitals selected the Oracle Cerner CommunityWorks EHR system in 2022. 

Ken Glueck, executive vice president of Oracle, urged Congress to continue to support the Cerner EHR rollout at the Department of Veterans Affairs after legislators proposed two bills aimed at scrapping the entire project. 

Prince Frederick, Md.-based CalvertHealth has moved to Amazon Web Services for its backup EHR, cutting its recovery time to between two and four hours, HealthTech Magazine reported.

Legacy Community Health, a Houston-based network of 41 clinics, received $1 million in federal funds to upgrade its Epic EHR system, the Houston Chronicle reported Feb. 10.

Terry Adirim, MD, the executive director of the Department of Veterans Affairs EHR modernization program responsible for the Oracle Cerner implementation, will step down in the coming days, Fedscoop reported Feb. 10.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network is seeing an improvement in patient discharge after implementing Parachute Health's platform into its EHR system.

American University of Beirut Medical Center has become the first institution outside the U.S. to join EHR vendor Epic's Cosmos network, according to a Lebanese government news release.

EHR vendor Epic is expanding its lab capabilities to allow hospitals to more easily communicate with outside labs and diagnostic companies, 360Dx reported.

Despite some initial reluctance, physicians have largely gotten used to a federal rule requiring them to share notes electronically with patients, several chief medical information officers told Becker's.

Software giant Oracle is reorganizing its artificial intelligence and data business units under its cloud business as Executive Chair and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison turns his primary focus toward healthcare, Insider reported Feb. 7.

Rep. Mike Bost, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs chair, is "open to any idea that holds VA and Oracle Cerner accountable, but the time for half-measures and tinkering around the edges is over," a spokesperson for the Illinois Republican told Fedscoop Feb. 7. 

Oracle Health Chair David Feinberg, MD, has been named to the board of Intus Care, which is developing a predictive analytics platform focused on geriatrics.

Epic was named the top overall health IT software suite for the 13th year in a row Feb. 8 in the 2023 Best in KLAS Awards.

Oracle Cerner has won a federal patent infringement lawsuit, and the company that sued the EHR vendor was ordered to pay its attorney fees totaling about $925,000.

An EHR from Oracle Cerner and other health IT vendors has been rolled out to 11 military treatment facilities.

King's College Hospital London, based in Dubai, has selected the Oracle Cerner cloud system to power its EHR system. 

U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., is pushing back against legislation proposed by U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., that would scrap the VA's $20 billion Oracle Cerner EHR rollout, FCW reported Feb. 6. 

Researchers at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University found that EHR data can meaningfully predict autism by age 30 days, according to a study published Feb. 2 in JAMA Network Open.

Following proposed legislation that would scrap the Department of Veterans Affairs Oracle Cerner EHR implementation, Oracle Executive Vice President Ken Glueck is hitting back in a Feb 3. letter, saying that to scrap the project "ensures snatching defeat from the jaws of victory."

EHR vendor Athenahealth has laid off 178 employees, the Boston Globe reported.