EHR vendors had a busy year. Here is the top news that Becker's covered on EHR vendors Meditech, Allscripts and Athenahealth in 2022.
Meditech:
- Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare selected Meditech Expanse as its EHR provider.
- In November, HCA's Meditech software went down, causing outages primarily in Texas.
- Meditech collaborated with Google Health to integrate EHR search tool Care Studio into Meditech's EHR platform.
- Fort Bragg, Calif.-based Adventist Health Mendocino Coast swapped Meditech for Epic as its EHR vendor in a $12 million migration.
- Cody (Wyo.) Regional Health switched Meditech for Epic in September.
Allscripts:
- In March, Allscripts agreed to sell the net assets of its hospital business to N. Harris Computer Corp. for $700 million.
- Allscripts CEO Paul Black stepped down from his position after 10 years at the helm of the EHR vendor in May.
- Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital switched from Allscripts to Epic.
- Boca Raton, Fla.-headquartered swapped Allscripts for Epic.
- CEO Rick Poulton said that the company would focus on payers and life sciences after selling its hospital business.
Athenahealth:
- Private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and Bain Capital acquired Athenahealth for $17 billion.
- Ten months after it was bought, Athenahealth is looking to go public.
- Athenahealth collaborated with Nuance to create an artificial intelligence-based EHR documentation tool.
- The company added Nuance's Dragon Ambient eXperience to its digital marketplace.
- John Hoffman was named CFO of Athenahealth in May.