Seven recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives:
1. Patients at Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System can now access their medical information through Apple's iPhone Health Records app.
2. Blessing Health System in Quincy, Ill., is expanding its 15-year partnership with Allscripts.
3. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health launched new nursing and provider documentation services as the first two components of its Cerner EHR upgrade.
4. Banner Health Network, Phoenix-based Banner Health's community physician network, is implementing Holon Solutions' CollaborNet platform.
5. A pilot program in over 100 patient rooms at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai lets patients use an Alexa-powered platform called Aiva to interact with nurses and control their entertainment.
6. West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne is joining forces with PerfectServe to implement its secure communication technology across its eight critical access hospitals.
7. Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System is deploying telehealth software from remote monitoring provider Health Recovery Solutions to reduce avoidable emergency department visits.