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Why are healthcare organizations transitioning from Cerner to Epic?  The top two reasons for switching for Cerner to Epic is to make a change to improve efficiencies or that they were acquired by a larger hospital and need to be on a single, integrated platform.   Over the past 5 years, here are the major healthcareRead more

Global Healthcare IT, Inc. has officially turned 20! We would like to take this time to thank all of our many clients and employees for the great success we have achieved together over these many years.  It has been a long and wonderful journey.  During which Global Healthcare IT, Inc. has become one of theRead more

In August, we highlighted the fact that Cerner announced their partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for their Cloud services in hope to make Cerner more agile to be able to deliver faster, more scalable and secure solutions to clients and patients.  During the 2019 AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Brent Shafer, EHR CEO,Read more

Attention all Cerner and Epic professionals, are you rolling off your current contract and looking for your next project? Global Healthcare IT has endless roles available and ready to help you. 2020 is also around the corner so let us help you start the new year off great. Please send your updated resume to info@globalhit.comRead more

According to Market Research Future, “the Global EHR-EMR market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.82% to reach USD 42,427.27 million till 2027.  The drive for the growth of EHR-EMR is the increasing adoption of the systems, clinical benefits from the usage of electronic health records and government initiatives.  The EHR-EMR market will continueRead more

KLAS surveyed over 30,000 physicians from 33 different specialties for EHR satisfaction.  In that survey, it revealed that physician satisfaction with their EHR is high.  Why are physicians more satisfied with EHR systems now? High quality training was singled out as the most important factor to achieving success in EMR adoption and overall satisfaction withRead more

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, quite a few of Cerner’s executives will be stepping or have already retired: June 2019, Julie Wilson, Cerner’s Chief People Officer, retired from her role after 24 years. Earlier this month, November 1st, Executive Vice President and Chief of Innovation, Jeff Townsend retired after 30 years but willRead more

According to Medical Economics’ 2019 EHR Scorecard report, more than 60% of physicians report that EHRs are harming patient engagement.  Most of the physicians surveyed stated that they would not choose their current EHR system and would like to re-do the implementation.  Now from a patient perspective, do they agree with their physicians? The KFFRead more

Are you looking to transition your organization’s system to a new EMR? Here are the 4 best practices to take into consideration: Strong Leadership, Good Communications and Clear Goals Find an inhouse, or new staff employee who will take ownership of the project for the organization. Frequently, hospitals will outsource this key role, and thatRead more

A common mistake among hospitals and healthcare systems is that once they have implemented an EMR system, the misconception is that you can set it and forget it.  EHR/EMRs are constantly upgrading, releasing new modules, refining procedure, and allowing for improved optimization. Certain EMRs were built for small hospital systems and with mergers and/or organicRead more