Hospitals Switching To Epic From Becker Hospital Review Feb 2020 — Seems to be a contagion going around as far as Cerner EHR implementations go. We saw week before AdventHealth switching horses and this last week we see Atrium Health deciding to “transition” to Epic EHR. Epic and Cerner dominate the EHR marketplace, with both companies combined accounting… Read More »
Epic EHR Replaced Cerner From Beckers Hospital Review Feb 2020 Epic and Cerner dominate the EHR marketplace, with both companies combined accounting for more than 50 percent of the acute care hospital market share, according to KLAS. In 2018, Epic had 28 percent of the market while Cerner had 26 percent. It appears though that Epic has increased… Read More »
From Vantage Point the VA blog Feb 2020 Using surveys and feedback to improve patient experience Since 2017, more than 4 million Veterans have given VA feedback on their customer experience. These surveys are usually sent to VA customers within a few days of their appointment. Recently, 88.5% of Veterans have responded that they agree or strongly agree… Read More »
Phreesia Stock Rise From Motley Fool Feb 2020 What happened Shares of Phreesia (NYSE:PHR) gained 16.4% in January, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence . The healthcare software stock gained ground following an announcement that a health services network is integrating the company’s service. So what Lee’s Summit Physicians Group announced last month that it had implemented Phreesia’s patient check-in and optional… Read More »
From Healthcare Dive News Kaiser Permanente Dive Brief: Kaiser Permanente nearly tripled its net income in 2019 to $7.4 billion due in large part to its investment portfolio, the nonprofit integrated health system reported on Monday. That’s up from $2.5 billion in net income in 2018. Oakland, California-based Kaiser reported operating income of $2.7 billion and other income… Read More »
From FedScoop The removal of Deputy Secretary James Byrne “will not impact at all” the massive migration project at the VA, according to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie The project is a massive migration of the electronic health records of millions of veterans from the outdated Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) platform to a cloud-based commercial Cerner… Read More »
Excerpt from Digital Journal Clearwave, a self service check-in solution company, announces Clearware Connect. The system enables patients to be booked in and, applicable to the U.S, for-profit healthcare system, for payments from patients to be made. From the site — In addition to our in-practice kiosks, Clearwave offers tablets for your patients to use, expanding the number… Read More »
