Below is a list of healthcare providers that announced plans to implement a new EHR or deployed a new system in 2021.
Editor's note: The organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
- Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System began the implementation process for a new Epic EHR as part of its affiliation with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
- Elizabethtown, Ky.-based Baptist Health Hardin went live with a new Epic EHR.
- DeRidder, La.-based Beauregard Health System went live with Meditech's Expanse EHR.
- Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System expanded its Allscripts EHR to three facilities.
- Longview, Texas-based Christus Good Shepherd Health System went live with a new Epic EHR.
- Grand Junction, Colo.-based Community Hospital went live with a new Meditech Expanse EHR.
- The U.S. Defense Department went live on its new Cerner EHR system at healthcare facilities in 12 states.
- Iron Mountain, Mich.-based Dickinson County Hospital launched a new Athenahealth EHR system.
- North Carolina's Durham County Department of Public Health said it is transitioning its EHR system to Epic.
- McLaren Bay Region Hospital (Bay City, Mich.) went live with a new Cerner EHR.
- MedStar St. Mary's Hospital went live on Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health's EHR system.
- Mercy Iowa City revealed plans to install the Allscripts Sunrise EHR.
- Newport (Wash.) Hospital and Health Services went live with a shared Epic Community Connect EHR.
- Bishop, Calif.-based Northern Inyo Healthcare District announced plans to implement a new Cerner EHR.
- Fort Kent-based Northern Maine Medical Center went live with a new Cerner EHR at all of its locations.
- Petersburg (Alaska) Medical Center moved forward with plans to replace its current six-year-old EHR with a new Cerner system.
- International Falls, Minn.-based Rainy Lake Medical Center went live with its Epic EHR.
- Plymouth, N.H.-based Speare Memorial Hospital signed a contract to deploy a new Meditech Expanse EHR.
- Syracuse (Neb.) Area Health selected Cerner as its new EHR provider.
- Rogers-based Central Texas Community Health Centers launched a new Epic EHR system.
- All of West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health's sites now use the same Epic EHR after a successful go-live at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.
- Sanford, Fla.-based True Health completed an Emerge conversion to the Athenahealth EMR as a part of its merger with the Watertown, Mass.-based health system.
- Lubbock, Texas-based UMC Health System said it has formed a new 10-year agreement with Cerner to expand its digital engagement toolset within the EHR.
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Regional Campuses went live on the Little Rock-based health system's Epic EHR.
- The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services said it will implement a Cerner EHR so its 12 facilities can share health records on a single, unified platform.
- The 377th Medical Group at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico announced it will transition to a new EHR system, which is based on Cerner's Millennium EHR and tailored to meet the Defense Department's needs.