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Another NC Hospital Falls To Epic EHR Implementation Costs
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center isn’t the only North Carolina hospital struggling with poor credit ratings and huge revenue gaps after attempting the installation of an Epic EHR system... Read More »
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Are EHR Installations Derailing Hospital Finances?
It is an open secret that large EHR installations can cost health systems over $100 million to license and implement. A ticket that large is a material investment for any company on the planet. For a hospital it can be enough to put the bottom line in the red. Read More »
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Cone Health CEO: We're Reinventing In Face Of Challenges
Through initiatives such as the Triad Healthcare Network and technological investments like the $120 million EPIC electronic health records system, Cone Health is reinventing itself for an evolving health care landscape, Cone's CEO Tim Rice told the Triad Association of Health Underwriters Tuesday. Read More »
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Cone Health Joins WFBMC In Suffering From Epic Costs
A second Triad health system has fallen into the red following its implementation of the popular Epic Systems Corp. electronic medical records system, with Cone Health posting a $13.2 million operating deficit midway through its fiscal year and implementing plans to cut $20 million in costs by this fall. Read More »
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Cone Remains 'Confident' In The Future Despite S&P Report
It’s been a tough year for Cone Health. The health care provider spent $90 million implementing an electrical medical records software system called Epic. It eliminated hundreds of jobs. It had to deal with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement at the state and national level. Read More »
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Cone Sees Drop In Income; Cites Electronic Health Records System
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is not alone among Triad hospitals in struggling with the implementation of a complex electronic health records system. Read More »
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Customer Says eClinicalWorks Holding Patient Data 'Hostage'
As eClinicalWorks faces a possible class action lawsuit and the potential for clients to switch to rival EHR vendors, some customers are coming forward with complaints about their treatment. The company countered that it is still signing up new healthcare organizations and at least one user has noticed the vendor changing its ways. At May’s end, the U.S. Department of Justice – in a settlement that included a $155 million fine – mandated that the EHR vendor either upgrade existing customers' software for free or transfer their data to a rival’s electronic health record platform...
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Epic EHR Adoption Debated In North Carolina’s Durham County
The Durham County Board of Commissioners has an Epic decision to make in the weeks ahead after representatives from the Lincoln Community Health Center (LCHC) and Duke University Health System (DUHS) proposed implementing a unified EHR system.
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Epic Program Rollout Hits WF Baptist Finances Hard
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is likely to finish the fiscal year in the red this summer after a rocky start for a new electronic medical records system. Read More »
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Novant Health Hoping For Smoother Transition To Epic Records System
In the middle of a $600 million, 10-year initiative to put in place a new Epic Records Corp. electronic medical records system, Novant Health has seen two of its Triad counterparts rack up operating deficits as they've brought the same Epic system online. Read More »
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Study: Hospitals in for rough ride in 2014
Not-for-profit hospitals are in for another rough economic ride in 2014, reflecting the cumulative impact of changing economic trends over the past six years and new financial and technology challenges. Read More »
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Why EHR Interoperability Requires Health IT Infrastructure
Healthcare organizations are still challenged by EHR interoperability, and are seeking health IT infrastructure tools to ensure data is accurately, efficiently, and securely shared. Eagle Physicians and Associates and Cone Health announced the successful exchange between the eClinicalWorks cloud-based EHR and the Epic EHR for improved EHR interoperability among multiple locations and health systems. Eagle Physicians needed a way to provide better quality care to patients as those individuals move among locations...
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