Epic Sued Millions In Anesthesia Over Billing
Epic Systems has been reportedly hit with a serious False Claims Act suit which claims the Healthcare IT giant’s billing system double bills the government when it comes to anesthesia services. The motioned lawsuit was made public last week and it claimed that there was a glitch in the system that was actually causing hundreds of millions of dollars in [...]
Cyber Attack Costs Global Pharma Giant $135 Million
Due to the virus, Merck received a reduced third-quarter revenue due to the virus causing temporary production shutdown and lost sales in certain markets. A prominent News source has reported that the Global pharma giant Merck was still suffering the effects of the global Petya/NotPetya cyberattack that it fell victim to in June 2017. Unfortunately, Merck wasn’t the only company [...]
Top EHR Trends Practices Need to Look Out for in 2017
EHRs have evolved over the years. A decade ago, almost nine out of ten healthcare providers in the U.S. were managing patient’s health records by hand. The feat was difficult and they had to keep color-coded files to make sure that everything made sense. Thankfully, the HITECH Act of 2009 was there to help US clinicians with their patient records [...]
CliniComp Lawsuit Against Cerner-VA EHR Deal Dismissed
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the federal government that challenged the no-bid deal signed between Cerner and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the replacement of VA’s EHR platform. CliniComp, a California-based EHR developer, is the entity behind the filing of the mentioned law suit. The company said that the government awarded [...]
EHR Software Progresses to CHR
Most people are well aware of the difference between an Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR), but now there is a new extension for EHR in the market and it is being called a CHR. Community Health Records (CHR) is a bit like an EHR and personal health records software. It has a few components of an [...]
EHR progresses to CHR
Most people are well aware of the difference between an EHR and EMR, but now there is a new extension for EHR in the market and it is being called a CHR. Community Health Record (CHR) is a bit like an EHR and a personal health record. It has a few components of an EMR as well. In its essence, [...]
Top 10 EMR Software 2020
The US Health IT market for EHR/EMR systems is generally dominated by a group of large EHR companies such as Cerner and Epic Systems. These companies are producing excellent EHR solutions for all sorts of medical practices and large hospitals, but there are other vendors in the market who are offering quality EHR/EMR systems at far lower costs and more [...]
AHS signs $459 million contract for Epic EHR
The contract includes services for clinics, hospitals, mental health facilities, continuing care facilities, and community health sites. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is finally ready to lay the basis for a system-wide Electronic Health Record from the Wisconsin-based EHR vendor Epic Systems. The announcement came nearly after a year of consultation with numerous physicians, medical staff, and patients. AHS currently operates [...]
Epic loss: Wisconsin Court cuts Tata Consultancy Services fine in half
In a move to conform to state law, Epic receives $480 million instead of $940 According to reliable reports, the EHR giant Epic Systems will now be receiving less money than it expected in a trade secret lawsuit against an Indian company, Tata Consultancy Services. Back in April 2016, a Wisconsin court jury awarded EHR vendor Epic a staggering $940 [...]
