So far in 2023, hospitals in Massachusetts and West Virginia have spent more than $50 million on new EHRs.
Here are the five most expensive EHR installations that Becker's has reported on in 2023:
- Boston-based Tufts Medicine spent about $70 million installing its Epic EHR last year.
- Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center spent $65 million to transition to a Cerner EHR.
- UR Medicine is planning to spend $40 million to give Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health a new EHR. The two systems are merging Aug. 1.
- Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter’s Health spent $25 million to switch to Epic.
- Morris (Ill.) Hospital & Healthcare Centers spent $12 million on a new Meditech EHR.