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News 5/30/25
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Kaiser Permanente announces that all of its technology systems are back online after dealing with a network outage most of Wednesday. The outage, which Kaiser has attributed to an issue at one of its data centers, impacted facilities – and patients – across the country.
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From Mr. Friendly: “Re: Murray-Calloway County Hospital’s EHR implementation. Hospital officials shared the growing pains their staff are dealing with 45 days into their Oracle Health implementation, with new CEO Reba Celsor noting that “pleased” might be a bit of a stretch: “Because sometimes companies overpromise and underdeliver, and there’s a little feeling of that, so we’re working to make sure we’re holding them accountable to the agreement.” I’m not so sure this is an atypical experience for any hospital EHR implementation. Go-live teams are welcome to weigh in.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Amwell co-founder and former co-CEO Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH launches Aileen, an AI companion for seniors that will also offer access to virtual care. He remains an executive director at Amwell.
Virtual chronic care management company Omada Health expects to raise $158 million during its IPO next week, which would give it a valuation of $1.1 billion.
Sales
- Harbor Regional Health (WA) will transition to Meditech Expanse through the company’s MaaS subscription model.
People
Wolters Kluwer promotes Greg Samios to CEO of its Health division.
CVS Health names Ravi Patel, MD (Oak Street Health) VP and chief health informatics officer for healthcare delivery.
Jay Sultan (Tegria) joins Motive Medical Intelligence as EVP of product strategy and management.
Announcements and Implementations
Houston Healthcare (GA) will move from Meditech Magic to Epic as a part of its recently approved integration with Emory Healthcare (GA).
Boone County Hospital in Iowa goes live on Meditech Expanse.
Several providers and government agencies within Austin and Travis County in Texas connect to Watershed Health’s health information exchange and care coordination platform.
UF Health St. Johns (FL) implements Epic.
Government and Politics
DoD health officials share several IT updates at a recent State of the Federal EHR event, noting that virtual visit capabilities will soon be implemented across the department and US Coast Guard, and that it is working with the VA on a joint tele-critical care application. Plans to eventually add ambient dictation capabilities to MHS Genesis are also in the works.
Privacy and Security
BayCare Health System (FL) will pay $800,000 to settle potential HIPAA violations related to a 2018 data breach involving an unauthorized user who accessed a patient’s medical records, took photographs of them, and videoed themselves scrolling through the record on a computer screen. An unidentified individual then called the patient to let them know about the breach.
Sponsor Updates
- Cardamom Health staff work with the United Way of Dane County to assemble 500 snack packs benefiting Rise Wisconsin.
- Capital Rx will present at the AMCP Mid-Atlantic Day of Education May 30 in Falls Church, VA.
- The “MSSP 1337” podcast features Fortified Health Security CISO Russell Teague.
- Infinx releases a new episode of its “Revenue Cycle Optimized” podcast titled “From Paper to Patient-Ready – How Chesapeake Medical Imaging Cut Processing Time from Days to Hours.”
Blog Posts
- Top Physician Communication Frustrations (PerfectServe)
- How to Save Time and Increase Revenue: Automate ED Care Levels (CereCore)
- AI in the NHS: Hype, hope and how we make it work (Altera Digital Health)
- From First Call to Final Placement: What Candidates Can Expect Working with DRI (Direct Recruiters)
- The Unspoken Pillar: Why Social Care is Essential to CMS’s Evolving Health Strategy (Findhelp)
- 3 Ways Claim Denials Undermine Growth (and What to Do) (FinThrive)
- Thinking About Boomi for Healthcare? Here’s What You Should Know (Healthcare IT Leaders)
- How to Avoid the Latest Cyberthreat: MFA Notification Fatigue (Med Tech Solutions)
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Regarding Murray and the request for feedback. Everyone will have an opinion and there are many good firms that will want to say they know how to fix the issue. Conversion issues are usually around how things were done (old habits, system nuisances etc) versus how the new system works (new steps, new views). Going from class room to the floor places pressure in the user and everyone wants things done immediately, so it can be frustrating. Documentation works different because you are capturing information that was not being captured and now it’s deaigned a bit different. That’s said, you you just have to buckle down, tackle each issue, resolve the issue and move to the next. Yes, hold everyone accountable (including yourself). Our firm would be honored to help if so desired.