IllumiCare, a pioneer in point-of-care healthcare information technology, announces today integrations with multiple health systems using the Epic electronic medical record (EMR). IllumiCare’s Smart Ribbon® technology currently runs in 22 hospitals using Epic, with additional facilities being added.IllumiCare offers an EMR-agnostic ribbon of information that unobtrusively puts the wholesale cost of medications, labs and radiology tests, iatrogenic risks, and other actionable information within a
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Trinity Health Moves to Epic for Single Integrated EHR & Rev Cycle Platform
Michigan-based provider Trinity Health has announced it has selected Epic for a single, enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management platform. The Epic integrated system will enable the health system to improve experiences for patients and clinicians.Trinity Health's fully integrated health record will improve the care experience across the entire system by providing a single, comprehensive health record for each person.For patients and consumers, it will provide
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Zocdoc Joins Epic App Orchard to Enable Patient Self-Scheduling
Zocdoc, the digital health marketplace used by millions of patients, today announced its availability in the Epic App Orchard. Dozens of leading health systems take advantage of an API integration between Zocdoc and Epic, and Zocdoc's inclusion in the App Orchard program creates a more streamlined experience. Customers include the Mount Sinai Health System, Houston Methodist, and many more.As an App Orchard contributor, Zocdoc will utilize application programming interfaces (APIs), which serve
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Healthwise Launches FHIR App in Epic’s App Orchard Marketplace
Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions has announced the availability of its patient education app, Healthwise FHIR Solution for Epic: Point of Care, in Epic’s App Orchard marketplace. The adoption of the FHIR standard connects the healthcare industry in new and modern ways, improving interoperability.As an App Orchard contributor, Healthwise will utilize application programming interfaces (APIs), which serve as a bridge between Epic
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Tahoe Hospital Goes Live on Epic EHR for Single Unified Patient Record
Tahoe Forest Health System (TFHS), working in partnership with Mercy Technology Services, has announced the go-live of its new Epic EHR system. The new Epic EHR system provides a new single unified patient record for the district hospital serving two rural counties across 3,500 square miles in California and Nevada. Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the IT pillar of Mercy provides and manages technology solutions for Mercy, the nation’s first health care provider accredited by Epic to offer a
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Nuance Integrates with Epic EHR to Provide Real-Time Clinical Documentation to Physicians At Point of Care
Nuance Communications and Epic recently announced that they have partnered to deliver computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) capabilities embedded within Epic to provide real-time clinical documentation improvement (CDI) feedback to physicians at the point of care.Nuance-Epic Integration DetailsBy electronically analyzing all relevant patient notes with AI technologies such as deep learning and natural language understanding, Nuance’s CAPD technology automatically identifies clinical
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Tahoe Hospital Taps Mercy Technology Services to Implement Epic EHR System
Tahoe Forest Health System (TFHS), a district hospital located in Truckee/North Lake Tahoe, CA has signed a partner agreement with Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the IT pillar of Mercy to implement Epic's EHR system. The implementation will help merge seven different EHR systems into a single unified patient record for the district hospital serving two rural counties across 3,500 square miles in California and Nevada. Mercy Technology Services provides and manages technology solutions
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Optimum Healthcare IT Lands Apotti Finland Contract to Provide Epic Consulants
Healthcare IT staffing and consulting services firm Optimum Healthcare IT has been selected by Apotti in Finland to provide specialized Epic Consultants to support the Epic EHR implementation in the area’s 29 hospitals. The Apotti project is a co-operation between the local governments of Helsinki and the surrounding regions of Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, and Kauniainen, and the hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS).The goal of the Apotti project is to create a unified healthcare program that
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Experian Health Integrates with Epic’s EMR for Revenue Cycle Optimization
Revenue cycle provider Experian Health announced that its Coverage Discovery® on demand tool is now integrated into Epic’s EMR environment. The integration will provide Epic clients with additional opportunities to find coverage early in the revenue cycle, avoiding the downstream complications and costs associated with missed insurance coverage.Coverage Discovery enables Experian Health clients to proactively reclassify uncompensated care by alerting them of patient coverage across both
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Mayo Clinic to Pay $1B for Epic Implementaiton Over 5 Years
Mayo Clinic is expected to pay about $1 billion over the next five years to implement Epic for a single integrated EHR, replacing Cerner and GE, according to its 2015 annual financial report filed last week. According to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Mayo said the five-year EMR deal will exceed $1 billion and plans invest $1.5 billion in its IT infrastructure. Terms of the contract were not disclosed in the report.
Epic's EHR will serve as the foundation for Mayo Clinic
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