An announcement went out a couple of weeks ago that the VP of Sales in the East is leaving. He has been a mainstay with those customers for years. Will be a big challenge for the guy taking on that territory. New York City is not like dealing with... — read more
Meditech reports 9 new Q4 clients
That's more than all new Sunrise client in the last 5 years..... EHR vendor Meditech reported that its subscription-based Expanse Meditech-as-a-Service platform gained nine new clients in the fourth quarter. The fourth-quarter results match the... — read more
The last ones standing…..
I’ve spent way more time than necessary reading all these posts about the new misery that is Altera. Post after post of complaints. If you dont like it. Leave. Many stay in unhealthy relationships because they feel no self worth. too lazy to... — read more
Leadership/PM Call.......
So.......after the new leadership has met with us, they have scheduled a call ONLY with PMs. More wasted time. The project, middle & upper management teams have been the issue for quite some time. Implementation has jumped everytime they have... — read more
Perez Call 1/13/23
Wonder how many Altera users will be looking elsewhere for employment after Perez’s brutal call today./
Lipstick On A Pig
Allscripts announced they are officially changing their name to 'Veradigm". They must be hoping that the broader HIT community is stupid enough to think the company will be different. NEW FLASH - There will be no difference !!!!
Allscripts/Altera from bad to worse
Is anyone going to comment on the end-of-year performance review NEWS we are getting hit with? NO increases, we are now responsible for utilization and training/mentoring our Global friends. How are we all still signing on clients -- if we are not... — read more
AMB EHR KLAS Report
No mention of PRO or TW - whether the name is Allscripts or Altera !!! A KLAS report on practice management systems for mid-sized and large practices finds Athenahealth and Epic topping the list for large practices — although Meditech Expanse was... — read more
ACE - Allscripts Client Experience
Word is that Allscripts is following the lead of Cerner below and moving ACE: The event that was formerly known as the Cerner Health Conference will move to Las Vegas next year as part of the Oracle CloudWorld Conference. ACE will be moved to a... — read more
3 health systems opting for Epic EHRs
These 3 all have something in common - leaving Altera for Epic Below are three health systems that launched a new Epic EHR system or announced plans to do so since Nov. 9. Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital went live with a new Epic EHR Dec. 3. The... — read more
Raleigh Office
Hi! Are workers back in the office in Raleigh? I drove by Midtown late one night this weekend and noticed most floors had the lights on but I don't remember seeing the lights on months ago when I was in the area. Thanks!
New Partnerships (Beckers)
Epic, Cerner and Meditech new partnerships listed below. They forgot to mention Altera's new partnership with Costco to sell Sunrise Licenses cheaply. They will be placed in the toilet paper section. New partnerships for Epic, Oracle Cerner... — read more
T minus 5 Months
Early may will be 1 year since Harris got scammed by PB and RP. It is likely spot if senior people got retention bonus with a one year earn back. Once that money a lot of these people will bail out. Word is that everyone in the new organization is... — read more
New Article in Beckers
Again, Altera Sunrise is a NO SHOW Epic has 32.9 percent of the U.S. hospital business, but Oracle Cerner isn't far behind at 24.4 percent, with Meditech sitting at 16.7 percent and several smaller players in the single digits, according to the... — read more
Another One Bites the Dust
Pennsylvania hospital switching EHRs from Allscripts to Epic Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital is changing its EHR to Epic and will go live with the new system Dec. 4. The hospital had previously used disparate systems with... — read more
Northwell Epic Announcement Coming Soon
Once this formally hits the news wire it will be interesting to see how the Altera customer base reacts. There won’t be a single customer big enough to make Altera invest in improving the products…
Can't Win Squat
Hey New Bus VP - were you and your band of sales superstars in on this one ? 81 bed CPSI site moving to Cerner Elkin, N.C.-based Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital has selected Oracle Cerner for its EHR system, The Elkin Tribune reported Nov. 9. The... — read more
Year end layoffs?
Saw so many tech companies announcing layoffs or reorgs. I am wondering if Allscripts will follow. That is the only thing the leadership team is good at👍
New Management Team
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Bad News Today for TouchWorks
HISTALK just announced that Daniel Barchi from NYPH is leaving to become CIO at Common Spirit. It took Barchi about 20 minutes to dump Sunrise and TW for Epic when he got to Presby. Common Spirit has a massive footprint of TW and it will only be a... — read more
Cerner News
'Oracle will close the former Cerner world headquarters and its Realization Campus in Kansas City, MO, consolidating employees from those locations to its Innovations campus as it reduces its footprint as the city’s largest private employer." Word... — read more
CTCA GONE
Cancer Treatment Centers of America is transitioning its EHR from Allscripts to Epic following its acquisition in February by Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope. City of Hope is moving Cancer Treatment Centers' EHR, scheduling and revenue cycle... — read more
Fall of Sunrise
In its heyday prior to Allscripts buying Eclipsys and destroying it, Sunrise was licensed to about 150 health systems and hospitals w big names like NYU, NYPH, Yale, Hopkins, Michigan, CHOP, BMC, Baylor, RWJ, Kentucky, Orlando, etc. Now, they have... — read more
Sunrise on the Sidelines Again
Eight health systems that have implemented or announced plans to implement a new EHR system since Oct. 5: Harnett Health, a two-hospital system in Dunn, N.C., and Lillington, N.C., completed its transition to Epic EHR on Oct. 1. Winnsboro... — read more
More from Beckers
It appears they again forgot to mention all the new things Altera/Harris are doing to enhance SUNSET!!! Electronic health record vendors Epic, Oracle Cerner and Meditech are adding new partnerships and tech upgrades to build upon their offerings for... — read more
Epic Targeting NY Sunrise Clients
Word in the street is that Epic is in deep discussions with a number of NY Dunrise clients. NorthWell announcement should be soon. Sloan Kettering in discussions with Epic. There are more. The end is near…..
Epic and Cerner in Beckers
Must have been an oversight that there is no mention of new customers buying Sunrise. Two large health systems — Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Houston-based Memorial Hermann — recently switched their EHRs from Oracle Cerner to Epic, continuing a... — read more
Unlikely Sunset Customer Moving to Epic
St Barnabas in the Bronx which runs a net loss every year and has a 50% Medicaid payor mix is moving to Epic. It's amazing they can afford it but if they can find a way to do this than basically, every Sunset customer is on play for Judy and the... — read more
SunnScam reached a new level today
"We are still learning to implement SunComm.....just because it's not stated in the scope doesn't mean it's not included" ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Speechless........ Scope 101, dear H* O'B & B*nie. Per Google: " Project scope is defined in the scope... — read more
SunnComm the SunnSCAM
The weekly SunScamm call was another joke today. Where was Hea O'B? Isn't this her baby? Can't stand the truth? Please put us out of our misery. 4th QTR will be fun with everyone on PTO & no, I am not changing mine to accommodate your... — read more
Writing in the CLOUD
Beckers reports EMORY in Atlanta GA went from Cerner to EPIC in 1 year or less. ONE YEAR OR LESS. We have clients who STILL are not live after 1-2-3yrs! Suncomm, plug & play, Paragon flips.....still not live. I am talking about 10-15-20 bed... — read more
New EHR Deals and Go Lives
Where is Altera on this list? No one moving to Sunset ? Here are nine health systems that have implemented new EHR systems since Sept. 9. Sundance, Wyo.-based Crook County Medical District is switching to Oracle Cerner as its EHR vendor. The move... — read more
Welcome to the 4th Qtr
Get those email filters ready. PW emails about timesheets and expenses should start this week. Shake the jeans. Look under the sofa cushions. Go through the closet to check pockets of all jackets. Even check car. Due to ongoing pi-s poor project... — read more
Mgmt seems lost
Lately I've been wondering if mgmt even knows what they're doing or not. They seem totally clueless.
Allscripts/Altera same dysfunction
I wonder if Harris understands what they purchased. They typically buy to keep, but unless they revamp Sunrise DEV in WARP speeds, this will be the 1st company Harris bought to dump. What are Hospitals doing? Blessing? Hannibal? Northwell? Not many... — read more
All Hands Call 9/21/22
Comical at BEST! Mgmt (Directors & even 1st line management) have become condescending and irritable to listen to on every level! No one has anyone's back, great employees have left in droves because of inept front-line Sr. Managers & Directors... — read more
Article in Beckers
No grants to install Sunrise/Sunset !!!! Small, rural and safety-net hospitals across the U.S. are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding and community grants to purchase and install Epic EHRs. Digital transformation has... — read more
Epic is Coming
Formal announcement coming soon that Northwell is moving to Epic. $188 million per year revenue loss for Altera once the contract expires. Epic targeting Sunrise customers of all sizes..... Armegeddon !!!!!
New EHR Moves from Beckers
Where is Allscripts/Altera ? Here are four health systems that have implemented new EHR systems since Aug. 2. Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health will spend $50 million to install its own Epic EHR system. The health system has used Epic's EHR... — read more
DILUSIONAL
Allscripts posted on Linkedin that Payer Path was rated number 1 in BlackBook. That is the equivalent of being rated by Mad Magazine. No hospitals or provider groups look at Black Book. They all look at KLAS. Payer Path is only run by clients running... — read more