Reid Health patients can now chat with Emmie about their health, right in MyChart. Epic staff were on site this week helping patients get acquainted with their newest personal health assistant. https://lnkd.in/gZNzW9Kf
On Saturday, Santé Québec brought 28,000 end users across two regions live on Epic, bringing staff from paper records and fax to a unified electronic system where health data follows patients where they get care. Santé Québec is the second Epic system translated into French and the second system in Canada hosted by Epic. Read more (in French) here: https://lnkd.in/gMpddi8h
High blood pressure affects 1/3rd of adults in the United States and is one of the leading risk factors for cardiovascular disease or stroke. Home blood pressure monitoring helps patients better understand and manage their hypertension, typically resulting in lower overall blood pressure readings. At Baptist Health System KY & IN in Kentucky, they identified patients with uncontrolled hypertension during clinic visits by surfacing a visual reminder for physicians to enroll patients in their home monitoring program. Patients receive educational material about high blood pressure and daily tasks to complete, such as taking their medication and submitting blood pressure readings, through MyChart Care Companion. Bluetooth-enabled blood pressure cuffs take readings for patients which are filed into MyChart and the patient’s chart where providers can regularly review them to spot concerning trends early and provide guidance, when necessary. Baptist has enrolled more than 1,000 patients in their program since 2023 and 67% of those patients have achieved their blood pressure goals. Additionally, patients in the program experienced an average systolic blood pressure decrease of 10-11 mmHg and an average diastolic decrease of 3-4 mmHg, which is on par with prescribing a new medication for the patient. Nice work, Baptist!
XGM is off to an incredible start! We're excited for two weeks of growth and learning alongside our customers!
Partnering with Rhode Island College, Care New England aims to strengthen Rhode Island's healthcare workforce by building a pipeline of nurses and healthcare administrators trained in cybersecurity, AI, data, and digital health. This includes integrating Epic training into their nursing and health sciences curriculum, providing hands-on experience to students. "Getting talent early, teaching them how Epic works and ensuring that when they become part of your organization they already understand how to do the work—that's extremely important," Care New England's chief digital information officer Tomas Gregorio said. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gh6ZCUTU
This month, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust became the second trust in the county of Devon to go live with Epic’s unified electronic patient record (EPR), providing one online system for clinicians to do their daily workflows and giving patients a single location to access and manage their health information. "At the moment our clinical staff spend quite a lot of time handwriting notes, chasing blood results on different systems and checking for x-rays. But now, having all of that information in one system means that we'll spend less time doing admin and more time at a patient's bedside." said Nicola McMinn, chief nurse for Torbay and South Devon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Later this summer, the county will become the only one in England to use the same electronic patient record across all its NHS trusts. Congratulations! https://lnkd.in/dKmT5iB6
TGIF—we're in for a fun weekend of conferences! We'll be at AONL 2026 in Chicago to discuss what’s new in Epic for nursing, including new AI charting capabilities using Art. We'll also be at ACC 2026 in New Orleans to learn more about what’s new in Epic for cardiology, including new support for PREVENT risk scoring. Rounding out the weekend, we’ll be at SHMConverge26 in Nashville to help physicians and APPs cut clicks and save time.
Informaticists at Nationwide Children's Hospital used the Orders Tune-Up report to identify the orders that were most commonly modified by providers in their system. They updated their preference lists to remove duplicative medications and added optimized entries, such as medications with updated defaults for dosage, refills, or formulation. They deployed the updated preference lists and notified providers but didn’t require any formal training. They reported that physicians made 1.12 fewer changes per order, down from 4.12 on average to 3.00, saving nearly 50 seconds per encounter—a 26% reduction. This efficiency added up to nearly 500 physician hours saved per month across the organization. Seemingly small optimizations in EHR workflows can add up to significant time savings for providers, giving them time back to spend with patients.
At hashtag#HIMSS26 this week talking about how organizations are using Epic AI like Emmie, Art, and Penny to drive healthcare forward. Plus, a look at what's coming next... https://lnkd.in/gGZ7R3VZ
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