From the study on AI messages: "Reduced satisfaction due to AI disclosure should be balanced with the importance of patient…
Morning Headlines 5/17/24
Lawmakers propose more scrutiny of VA’s new EHR, reauthorize VET-TEC program
The House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees introduce legislation related to the VA’s implementation of Oracle Health that calls for, among other things, the contract between the two organizations to be cancelled if the VA can’t provide metrics that show overall improvement.
Beth Israel Lahey scores $400M MassDevelopment bonds for real estate
MassDevelopment issues $400 million in tax-exempt bonds to fund Beth Israel Lahey Health’s real estate and upgrades to Epic.
Three years after pleading guilty, former Practice Fusion Director of National Accounts Steven Mack is sentenced to one year of probation and 40 hours of community service, and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine for attempting to obstruct the federal investigation into the relationship between Practice Fusion and Purdue Pharma.
I don’t see Cerner winning employee satisfaction surveys. I can’t see VHA pivoting to Epic. It’s going to be some kind of blend of legacy system and remaining non-Epic off the shelf systems focused on smaller and/or rural systems in spaces Epic currently shuns.