What You Should Know: - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest information technology services company, has been ordered to pay $140M in punitive damages to Epic Systems Corporation in a long-running legal dispute over intellectual property, Business Standard reports. - The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States upholds a lower court's ruling and will have a significant impact on TCS's financial results for the third quarter of 2023. Epic Systems Corporation vs.
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Ambience AI Powers End-to-End Epic Integration at John Muir Health
What You Should Know: - John Muir Health (JMH) and Ambience Healthcare have announced a collaboration to launch a generative AI platform that is fully integrated with Epic's electronic health record (EHR). - The integration will enable Ambience's AI medical scribe and suite of generative AI products to read from and write information directly to Epic on behalf of and under the oversight of JMH clinicians. AI Integration with Epic for Enhanced Clinician Experience Clinicians at JMH
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Lee Health System Leverages KeyCare’s Epic Platform to Provide 24/7 Virtual Care Access
What You Should Know: - KeyCare, the nation's first Epic-based virtual care company, has partnered with Lee Health, a leading provider of healthcare in Florida, to deliver high-quality virtual urgent care with licensed providers (known as Virtualists). - Lee Health patients can now get 24x7 care across all 50 states via a virtual visit through Lee Health's MyChart patient portal. Lee Health has transitioned to KeyCare from another national telehealth provider network to leverage the full
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IHS Awards $2.5B Contract to GDIT for Oracle EHR Implementation
What You Should Know: - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to build and maintain a new electronic health record (EHR) system utilizing Oracle Cerner technology. for the Indian Health Service (IHS). The new EHR system will replace the current Resource and Patient Management System, which is over 40 years old. - The new EHR system will modernize IHS healthcare delivery and operations, making it easier for
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Telemedicine Increases EHR Documentation Burden for Physicians, Study Reveals
What You Should Know: - A recent study reveals that telemedicine is related to increased EHR time for physicians in the ambulatory setting, primarily due to documentation of visits, and may require adjustments in productivity expectations and strategies to address EHR documentation burden for physicians in healthcare systems. - The longitudinal cohort study of 1052 ambulatory physicians conducted at UCSF Health analyzes the time physicians spent working in the EHR during patient scheduled
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Guardant Health, Flatiron Health Integrate Genomic Profiling Tests into OncoEMR® Platform
Rev Cycle M&A: Access Healthcare Acquires Envera Health
What You Should Know: - Access Healthcare, a provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) and healthcare services, announced the acquisition of Envera Health, a market leader in patient engagement services. - This acquisition, a testament to Access Healthcare’s focus on providing innovative and superior revenue cycle solutions, broadens its service portfolio to include enhanced patient engagement capabilities. Acquisition Stregthens Access Healthcare’s RCM Services By
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HLTH: NextGen Healthcare Unveils AI-Powered NextGen Ambient Assist
What You Should Know: - NextGen Healthcare announced the availability of NextGen™ Ambient Assist, an ambient listening solution that interprets patient-provider conversations in real time to summarize appointments and document care plans at unprecedented speeds. - Ambient Assist delivers AI-generated subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) notes directly into the electronic health record (EHR) for provider convenience. Fully Automated Ambient Listening Solution
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Elation Health Unveils Unified EHR and Billing Solution for Primary Care
What You Should Know: Elation Health, the clinical-first technology company powering innovation in primary care, today announced general availability of the industry’s first unified EHR and billing solution built to support high-value primary care. In an industry of overly complex software, Elation’s all-in-one technology is already delivering beyond the clinical experience to financial success in support of strengthening America’s fragile primary care system. For the growing list
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Will Value-Based Care Finally Fix EHRs Too?
In theory, electronic health records (EHRs) have the potential to transform the healthcare landscape. They were expected to provide a digital hub that would enable seamless communication and information sharing between providers, boost efficiency, improve the quality of care, and foster optimal patient and clinician experiences. The reality, unfortunately, has not matched the possibilities. While well-intentioned, the Federal Government’s 2011 Meaningful Use Mandate program—to
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