Aside from Amazon making significant progress with efforts to expand its workforce and healthcare initiatives, the news about hospitals transitioning to new EHRs garnered the most attention from Becker’s health IT readers in February.
Below are the five top health IT stories in February:
1. Amazon Care goes live in Seattle: 5 things to know
Amazon's virtual medical clinic that offers in-person follow-ups is now available to Amazon employees in Seattle.
2. 11 hospitals, health systems that replaced Cerner with Epic in the past 5 years
Epic and Cerner dominate the EHR marketplace, with both companies combined accounting for more than 50 percent of the acute care hospital market share. Here are 11 instances in the past five years where hospitals or health systems left Cerner for Epic.
3. Google, Amazon raise 2 more reasons to worry about your IT talent
Both Google and Amazon announced plans in February to add thousands of jobs to their respective workforces in the coming years, potentially intensifying the ongoing tech talent war in the U.S. and Canada.
4. AdventHealth switches from Cerner EHR to Epic: 6 notes
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth will begin a multimillion-dollar transition from its Cerner system to a new Epic EHR in March.
5. Atrium Health is 2nd system this month to swap Cerner EHR for Epic
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health will transition from its Cerner EHR to an Epic system, a health system spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review on Feb. 20.