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Epic's AI Charting goes live
Seven healthcare organizations have implemented Epic's AI Charting tool since it was announced in August, with more going live in the coming weeks.
VA to pour $1B into EHR upgrades
As part of a historic, nearly $5 billion investment in modernizing VA health facilities, the department will spend $1 billion to update its EHR systems.
Two-thirds of Epic hospitals have adopted ambient AI tools
Ambient AI adoption was widespread among hospitals that use Epic EHRs, with factors like size, operating margins and geographic location influencing adoption, a study found.
Health systems urge TEFCA, Carequality to employ stricter privacy controls
In a letter to The Sequoia Project, dozens of health systems advocated for stronger privacy protections in nationwide health data exchange frameworks.
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Latest News
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KLAS: Health data sharing improves, yet interoperability still lacking
KLAS' EHR Interoperability Overview 2025 highlights three areas in which challenges are holding back data sharing in healthcare.
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Survey: A third of U.S. hospitals are early adopters of genAI
GenAI adoption varies across U.S. hospitals, with factors such as predictive AI use, EHR vendor and type of hospital impacting adoption rates, per a new survey.
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Texas AG sues Epic over health data, 'monopolizing' EHR industry
In addition to arguments about alleged anticompetitive behavior, the Texas AG is suing Epic Systems for parental access to minors' patient portal accounts.
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Physicians cite ongoing barriers limiting EHR access to outside patient information
A new study shows the majority of physicians still don’t report true interoperable data availability in the EHR.
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Athenahealth unveils new 'AI-native' EHR capabilities
The company's AI-native clinical encounter aims to reduce clinician burden by automating documentation tasks and providing clinical decision support at the point of care.
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New model defines capabilities of Health Data Utility orgs
The model aims to help stakeholders determine the value of Health Data Utility organizations that support and enhance state health data exchange across sectors.
Features
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New Texas HIE agreement aims to end decades of data silos
A historic pact between Texas HIEs establishes bidirectional admission, discharge and transfer data exchange.
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How Epic, Humana are automating insurance verification
Are we finally doing away with physical insurance cards and manual entry?
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How Kaiser Permanente consolidated its EHR in California
Kaiser Permanente underwent a massive EHR platform consolidation, reducing 12 EHR instances to two for its California operations.
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Tokens, trust and TEFCA: Navigating IAS and HIPAA risk
Legal expert breaks down TEFCA's identity-proofing challenge.