What You Should Know: - Epic Systems announces that more than 190 health systems across nine counties are expected to go-live on Epic, marking this fall as the busiest install season in Epic’s 41+ year history. - Healthcare organizations in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States are transitioning more than 123,000 doctors, nurses, and support staff to Epic’s EHR between September and the end of the
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Providence St. Joseph Health Acquires Epic Consulting Firm Bluetree
Providence St. Joseph Health, a national, not-for-profit Catholic health system, announced today that it will acquire Bluetree, an Epic consulting and strategy company that helps health care providers maximize their use of technology. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, and with offices in Denver and New York, Bluetree’s integrated team approach helps health care providers realize higher returns from their Epic EHR platform investment.Acquisition Benefits for Providence St. JosephBy acquiring Bluetree,
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North Mississippi Health Taps Mercy to Help Implement Epic Ambulatory EHR
North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS), a private, not for profit hospital which serves 730,000 patients in 24 counties in north Mississippi and northwest Alabama, has selected Mercy Technology Services to help implement Epic ambulatory EHR platform across enterprise. As the nation’s first Epic-accredited provider, Mercy Technology Services will provide project leadership and proven methodology from more than 50 previous installations, Epic module expertise, revenue cycle support, training and
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Trinity Health Moves to Epic for Single Integrated EHR & Rev Cycle Platform
Michigan-based provider Trinity Health has announced it has selected Epic for a single, enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management platform. The Epic integrated system will enable the health system to improve experiences for patients and clinicians.Trinity Health's fully integrated health record will improve the care experience across the entire system by providing a single, comprehensive health record for each person.For patients and consumers, it will provide
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Cook Children’s Health Goes Live on Epic EHR Across Network
Cook Children’s Health Care System has announced their go-live on Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) on March 1. Epic’s EHR system will care to patients not only at the flagship medical center in Fort Worth, Texas, but more than 60 pediatric medical offices and specialty clinics throughout the state.Epic’s rollout at Cook Children’s includes several components affecting patient families, medical staff and referring physicians. A new and improved patient portal, known as MyChart, will allow
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Advocate Health to Replace Allscripts, Cerner With Epic EHR
Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care has announced plans to implement Epic’s EHR system, replacing Cerner and Allscripts EHR to achieve a single unified EHR platform. Advocate Health Care officials expect to go-live on Epic’s EHR solution within three years, which includes the training of more than 17,000 Advocate physicians, nurses and associates. The new Epic EHR solution will streamline online patient appointment scheduling and digital check-ins.The news comes on the heels of
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Nordic Acquires The Claro Group’s Revenue Cycle Transformation Practice to Expand Beyond Epic Consulting
Nordic, an health IT consulting services firm has acquired the revenue cycle transformation practice of The Claro Group, LLC to expand beyond its Epic-focused consulting business. For Nordic, the acquisition complements Nordic’s foundation as a leader in Epic revenue cycle solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Managing Directors Cathy Smith and Shannon Yasseri will continue their roles from The Claro Group leading a complementary set of
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Tahoe Hospital Goes Live on Epic EHR for Single Unified Patient Record
Tahoe Forest Health System (TFHS), working in partnership with Mercy Technology Services, has announced the go-live of its new Epic EHR system. The new Epic EHR system provides a new single unified patient record for the district hospital serving two rural counties across 3,500 square miles in California and Nevada. Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the IT pillar of Mercy provides and manages technology solutions for Mercy, the nation’s first health care provider accredited by Epic to offer a
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Meritus Health to Spend $100M on Epic EHR Implementation Over Next 5 Years
Meritus Health, a community focused, not-for-profit health care system based in Hagerstown, MD has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR across its continuum of care, reports Herald-Mail Media.The Epic EHR implementation is expected to cost $90M to $100M over the next five years that will improve system interoperability, connectivity with patients, access to information and data sharing. The pricey investment is expected to adversely affect Meritus' financial
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Premise Health to Implement Epic EHR Across Worksite Health Centers Over 2 Years
Premise Health, a worksite health and patient engagement company has signed an agreement with Epic to enhance the patient experience and broaden interoperability of patient data throughout the care continuum. The partnership will implement Epic EHR across its worksite health centers in an enterprise initiative called Emagine over a 2-year-period.Improving the health and wellness of employee populations is a primary focus for Premise Health and Epic. This partnership with Epic will expand Premise
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