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VA deploys Oracle EHR to 4 medical centers in Ohio, Kentucky
The rollout marks the second wave of deployments in 2026 after the VA largely paused the project for years to fix technical issues and errors.
— Healthcare Dive
GAO: EHR modernization office needs to improve cybersecurity collaboration
According to GAO, the Federal EHR Modernization office does not fully follow leading practices for cybersecurity collaboration; the Department of Defense disagreed.
Epic dismisses claims against SelfRx in medical record misuse lawsuit
The EHR vendor accused SelfRx of retrieving over 100,000 records for financial gain in the high-profile lawsuit. Now, SelfRx said it doesn’t know who took the records.
— Healthcare Dive
Epic v. Health Gorilla: The legal battle and its implications, explained
Epic alleged that Health Gorilla's actions could threaten nationwide interoperability efforts. But Health Gorilla says it's Epic's lawsuit that will have a chilling effect on interoperability.
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Latest News
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Expanded collab brings full Labcorp test menu to Epic platform
Clinicians using Epic's Aura platform will be able to order any Labcorp test and receive results within their EHR workflow.
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WEDI launches testing directory ahead of CMS interoperability rule deadline
WEDI unveiled a free interoperability testing directory to connect payers, providers and vendors that are ready to test CMS-0057-F APIs in advance of the January 2027 deadline.
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CMS Health Tech Ecosystem adds electronic prior auth pledge
A new Health Tech Ecosystem pledge aims to bring together various healthcare stakeholders to advance electronic prior authorizations and ease the burdens associated with the process.
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AHA calls for TEFCA individual access SOP delay, citing patient privacy concerns
The AHA asserted that the proposed individual access SOP, with new patient-matching and consent rules, may risk patient privacy through data misattribution or unauthorized access.
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Oracle takes steps toward CMS Health Tech Ecosystem goals
The health IT giant is now a CMS Aligned Network and has added a digital check-in feature to help "Kill the Clipboard" and ease identity verification and data sharing.
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AMA: Clinician burnout in specialties persists as overall rates drop
While clinician burnout rates are steadily declining overall, specialties like emergency medicine, urological surgery and oncology are still seeing high levels of burnout and stress.
Features
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How health systems are tackling 'Kill the Clipboard' obstacles
CMS wants companies to help patients share health data more easily with seamless digital check-in rather than paper forms. What are the obstacles to making that happen?
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Epic controls 42% of the US EHR market. Does that help or hurt interoperability?
Epic's dominant EHR market share makes it the linchpin of nationwide interoperability efforts, but experts are split over whether this vast influence is a good thing.
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ONC highlights behavioral health EHR adoption trends, data exchange barriers
Most substance use and mental health facilities use an EHR system, an ONC data brief showed, but interoperability and tech challenges are still limiting behavioral health data exchange.
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Nine pilot programs lead the charge in behavioral health data interoperability
The behavioral health field has historically lagged in interoperability, but now, more than 40 partners across nine states are working to improve data exchange supported by federal grants.