Here are the hospitals and health systems that have implemented new EHR systems or announced plans to do so since June 12:
- Vandalia Health, based in Charleston, W.Va., has extended its EHR contract with Oracle Cerner, signing a 10-year agreement. Under the agreement, Vandalia Health will install the Cerner EHR system across its medical clinics so they can all operate within one integrated system.
- Rochester, N.Y.-based UR Medicine said it plans to merge with Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health on Aug. 1, which will require Finger Lakes to move onto new EHR systems. Finger Lakes uses four different EHR systems, and it will install two new systems to be compatible with UR Medicine's EHR system.
- Demorest, Ga.-based Habersham Medical Center is switching over to Epic as it is taken over by Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System.
- Albany Med Health System said its Epic EHR rollout will launch in two waves, with Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center rolling it out in March 2024 and Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital, and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Saratoga Hospital rolling out the system in September 2024.
- Gatesville, Texas-based Coryell Memorial Hospital; Carrizo Springs, Texas-based Dimmit Regional Hospital; Philadelphia, Miss.-based Neshoba County General Hospital; and The Woodlands (Texas) Specialty Hospital is installing Oracle Health's CommunityWorks, an EHR designed for smaller hospitals.
- St. Peter's Health, based in Helena, Mont., spent $25 million to switch to an Epic EHR system.