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Subspecialty Chat and Multimodal Calculators
Rather than requiring clinicians to open separate web browser tabs or log into standalone clinical portals, the CDS solution is designed to sit directly within the primary EHR interface:
Preserving Clinical Judgment
Designed to function strictly as an augmentative copilot rather than an autonomous prescriber, the system maintains clear boundaries. Gelareh Zadeh, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic in
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athenahealth Launches athenaPatient MCP to Bridge Official Patient Records into Anthropic’s Claude
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Ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) and practice management leader athenahealth launches athenaPatient MCP, an enterprise server integration built on the open Model Context Protocol (MCP).The infrastructure allows patients to connect their official electronic health record directly to Anthropic’s Claude, enabling conversational interpretation grounded in verified clinical history.The launch responds to changing patient behaviors highlighted by an August 2026 Pew
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Evolving the EHR from a System of Record to a System of Action
The EHR is poised to evolve from its original role as a place to store patient information. The next step is for it to take a more active role in the patient care journey.
As more of the journey becomes digitized, the EHR can help move work forward by connecting workflows, surfacing what needs attention, and using AI to reduce administrative burden. This shifts the EHR from a system of record to a system of action.
In ambulatory care, that shift has practical implications. Scheduling,
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VA-Epic Connection Enables Direct Specialist Scheduling for Veterans: External Provider Scheduling and WellHive Integration
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a major operational interoperability milestone enabling VA staff to book community specialist appointments directly with health systems using Epic.Leverages the VA’s External Provider Scheduling (EPS) platform, replacing traditional, friction-heavy administrative workflows—such as manual telephone calls, back-and-forth record requests, and faxes—with real-time, digital on-the-spot appointment booking.Addresses a
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Why EHR Delivery Has Become a Strategic Decision: Operating Models and Clinician Burnout
For years, healthcare organizations have pursued IT cost optimization through familiar tactics: renegotiating contracts, extending hardware refresh cycles, consolidating vendors, and managing cloud spending. Those efforts can produce incremental savings, yet many organizations find themselves confronting the same financial pressures a few years later. The larger challenge is often architectural.
Increasingly, healthcare organizations are discovering that the design of their IT operating
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Avatar Medical Launches Epic EHR Integration for Real-Time 3D Surgical Planning and Patient Consultations
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Medical visualization company Avatar Medical announced that its flagship software, Avatar Medical Vision, can now be launched natively from within Epic’s EHR.The integration enables attending physicians and surgeons to transition from a patient’s active clinical record directly into interactive, patient-specific 3D anatomical models in a few clicks, carrying patient context automatically to eliminate manual imaging searches, credential logins, and duplicate data entry.The
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M&A: Venture Medical Acquires Wound Care EHR Startup Medipyxis to Unify Clinical Documentation and Billing
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Advanced wound care solutions enterprise Venture Medical, LLC announced the acquisition of Medipyxis, Inc., developer of a purpose-built electronic medical record (EMR) and practice operating system engineered specifically for wound care providers; financial terms were not disclosed.Medipyxis will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Venture Medical, maintaining its standalone platform roadmap under the continued executive leadership of founder Damon Ebanks, who will
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CancerIQ Expands Native Epic Integrations to Automate Cancer Screening and Survivorship Across 275 Clinics
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Precision oncology and cancer risk intelligence platform CancerIQ announced a major architectural upgrade to its Epic Systems integrations, introducing a redesigned patient experience via Risk Hub and a consolidated provider application deployed natively inside Epic workflows.Built natively on the HL7 FHIR R4 interoperability standard, the provider integration enables chart-aware risk assessment that automatically pulls existing clinical variables from Epic—including
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Oracle Health Partners with ID.me to Embed Reusable Digital Identity Across Patient Portals and EPCS
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Oracle Health and digital identity network ID.me announced a strategic enterprise partnership at the Oracle Health and Life Sciences Summit in Orlando, Florida, natively embedding ID.me’s high-assurance verification infrastructure into Oracle Health’s clinical and operational software portfolio.The collaboration addresses two critical healthcare access bottlenecks: eliminating repetitive paper intake workflows for patients at the digital front door and automating identity
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Vonage Brings Branded Calling to Epic Hello World to Drive 45% Patient Answer Rates
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Cloud communications provider Vonage, a subsidiary of Ericsson, announced the deployment of its Branded Calling technology natively within Epic Systems’ Hello World communication platform.Built using the programmable Vonage Voice API, the integration enables hospitals and ambulatory clinics to display their verified organization name, corporate logo, and specific reason for calling directly on a patient’s mobile handset before the call is answered.The feature addresses
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