Epic, the nation’s largest electronic health record system, has launched a new Connection Hub where vendors can interoperate with Epic software.

Healthcare workers have been feeling burned out, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated labor challenges. And now, healthcare executives are feeling burned out, too, according to a recent survey.

Ed Gaines, JD, vice president of regulatory affairs and industry liaison, Zotec Partners, discussed the impact of the 2023 Medicare Fee Schedule on radiology at RSNA 2022 in Chicago last week. RSNA and several other medical societies say the cuts are not sustainable.

Healthcare groups are largely excited by a new proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that aims to streamline prior authorization and reduce burden on healthcare providers.

A Northern California nurses union has approved their new employment deal with Kaiser Permanente after negotiating a 22.5% wage increase. 

Prior authorization, which requires healthcare providers to get approval from insurance providers before giving certain treatments to patients, has been long-hailed as extremely burdensome to physicians, even causing delays in patient care.

A study that aimed to look at the association between physician burnout and electronic health record message characteristics did not find a strong link, but did reveal opportunities to improve negativity and hostility toward physicians in some messages.

The state of Oregon is taking a hard look at the proposed acquisition of One Medical by Amazon. The deal is valued at $3.9 billion.