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The Core Paradox: According to a new 2026 report from the KLAS Arch Collaborative, healthcare organizations that prioritize costs above all else are experiencing the highest rates of clinician burnout.The Domino Effect: Neglecting clinician well-being does not save money. The report proves that ignoring burnout leads directly to interrelated issues: increased staff turnover, decreased patient experience, and ultimately, increased operational costs.The AI Band-Aid: Ambient
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ONC Data Brief: 2024 EHR Adoption Rates in Substance Use and Mental Health Facilities
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The Baseline Adoption: According to a new ONC Brief using 2024 N-SUMHSS survey data, more than two-thirds (68%) of substance use and mental health treatment facilities use an electronic health record (EHR) exclusively. Another 25% use a combination of an EHR system and paper charts.The Ownership Disparity: EHR adoption varies wildly depending on facility ownership. Federal government facilities have a 97% adoption rate. Private for-profit organizations sit at 68%.
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Why Abridge is Embedding NEJM and JAMA Directly into the EHR
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The Partnerships: Enterprise AI platform Abridge has secured multi-year content partnerships with the NEJM Group (publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine) and the American Medical Association (publisher of the JAMA Network).The Workflow Shift: The integration allows clinicians to ask complex clinical questions and receive evidence-based answers directly within their existing workflow. Historically, finding this literature required breaking focus, leaving the EHR,
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The Push for Side-by-Side Prescription Pricing in EHR Workflows
Prescribing has evolved into a financial decision as much as a clinical one. As a result, one of the most consequential access moments is now occurring inside the electronic health record (EHR) during the prescribing workflow, when cost information surfaces and treatment decisions are finalized.
As affordability pressures intensify across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid populations, patient out-of-pocket costs have become a primary driver of whether therapy is initiated or abandoned.
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Talkiatry Launches Talkiatry Connect for Cloud-Based EMR Psychiatric Referrals
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The Launch: Talkiatry, the nation’s largest private employer of psychiatrists, has launched Talkiatry Connect, a new referral tool that embeds directly inside a provider's existing cloud-based EMR.The Solution: Talkiatry Connect acts as a browser-based overlay (running on Chromium browsers) that integrates with over 30 cloud-based EMRs, including Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, and Practice Fusion. A small icon alerts the provider if a patient might need psychiatric care,
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eClinicalWorks Launches Production Support for CMS ‘Kill the Clipboard’ Initiative
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eClinicalWorks, one of the largest ambulatory cloud EHRs in the nation, has announced production support for the CMS’s Kill the Clipboard initiative to enable paperless patient intake at scale.When the patient arrives at the clinic, the provider simply scans the QR code using the eClinicalMobile app. The patient's verified medical records instantly populate into the eClinicalWorks EHR at the point of care.
How eClinicalWorks is Using QR Codes to Digitize Patient
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Epic Customers First to Share Medical Records with Social Security Administration via TEFCA
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The Milestone: Customers of Epic are officially the first healthcare providers to share medical records with the Social Security Administration (SSA) through TEFCA (Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement), the federally sponsored interoperability network.The Pioneer Cohort: The first wave of Epic health systems connecting to the SSA via TEFCA includes AltaMed (CA), Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services (OK), Overlake Hospital Medical Center (WA), Saint
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Oracle Lays Off 539 Kansas City Employees as Focus Shifts to AI Data Centers
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The Local Impact: Oracle is permanently eliminating 539 roles at its Kansas City campus—the former Cerner headquarters. Affected employees were notified in late March, with formal separation dates scheduled between May 26 and June 1.The Roles: The cuts heavily impact the operational core of the business, including software developers, system analysts, program managers, IT, and consulting positions. Affected employees do not have "bumping rights" to displace other workers
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Mount Sinai Integrates OpenEvidence AI Platform into Epic EHR for Enterprise-Wide Clinical Decision Support
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The Deployment: Mount Sinai Health System, one of the nation's largest academic medical systems, is rolling out OpenEvidence, an AI-powered medical search and clinical decision-support platform, across its enterprise directly into the Epic EHR. The Strategic Shift: This marks OpenEvidence’s first enterprise-scale deployment that explicitly extends access across the entire clinical care team. Rather than restricting the AI to physicians, Mount Sinai is providing
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University of Toledo Health to Deploy Nabla’s Ambient AI Documentation in Epic EHR
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The Deployment: University of Toledo Health (UToledo Health) is deploying Nabla, a leading ambient AI clinical assistant, to hundreds of its physicians and advanced practice providers following a highly successful pilot program.The Core Integration: Nabla integrates directly into Epic, allowing clinicians across primary care and surgical specialties to generate structured clinical notes natively within their existing EHR workflows.
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