Next week is the Epic UGM in Wisconsin at the Epic campus. Midnight Museum is the theme for 2022. The cool stuff ahead looks interesting to us. UGM is in-person at Epic’s campus in Verona, Wisconsin. For those who cannot attend in-person, the General Session: Executive Address & Cool Stuff Ahead will be livestreamed on Tuesday, August 23… Read More »
EPIC UGM 2019 User Conference Epic UGM 2019 in Verona is coming up very soon! This conference is for Users Only so you need to be an invited customer to attend. Epic UGM Planning Guide It’s Epic’s 40th birthday this year, and they’re celebrating with another exciting year of Epic UGM. The conference begins on Monday, August 26th,… Read More »
EPIC Goes AI From fiercehealthcare.com 4/18 Announcement from HIMSS by EPIC that it is collaborating with Microsoft and Azure OpenAI services on AI services. They are not showing any live demo. In Brief Summary reduces administrative burden with message response UC San Diego Health, UW Health in Madison and Stanford Health Care A lot like restaurants where the… Read More »
EPIC EHR News More big hospitals are looking to integrate into a single EHR and EPIC seems to be the preferred option to do that. The uncertainty from Oracle, a traditional SQL database company, migrating its backend to Cerner might be one factor. A benevolent dictatorship is better than a dictatorship was one quote. Allscripts has suffered. Worth… Read More »
Hospitals Switching to Epic From Becker’s HEALTH IT Aug 2022 Noted on Becker’s today. Valley Health looks like it runs Epic currently, just not it’s own managed system. There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding Oracle purchase of Cerner. On LinkedIn there are reports of layoffs at Oracle (not formally acknowledged) and the VA morass is just… Read More »
Epic EHR Upgrade From Beckers Hospital Review – 8/2/2022 Winchester, Va.-based healthcare system Valley Health is spending $50 million to install their own Epic EHR system, the Northern Virginia Daily reported August 1. Valley Health has used Epic EHR through a partnership with Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System since 2014. Valley Health is installing its own upgraded version of… Read More »
HIPAA Commission Formed From Bill Cassidy website Press Release WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today introduced the Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act to begin the process of modernizing our outdated health privacy laws and regulations. The presence of technology companies is increasing in health care, and health information is expanding… Read More »
