Mergers give hospitals new EHR systems

Mergers are providing hospitals with access to new and advanced EHR systems.

Here are the hospitals and health systems that are implementing new EHR systems or extending EHR systems to other facilities due to mergers or acquisitions:

This article was updated Dec. 16 and will continue to be updated with the lastest news. 

1. Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth and Berlin, Md.-based Atlantic General Hospital have signed a letter of intent to combine their organizations. The proposed partnership would provide access to an integrated EHR through Epic and enhance service coordination and care access.
   
   
2. Billings Clinic-Logan Health, based in Kalispell, Mont., will roll out an Oracle Health EHR system across all 30 of its hospitals following the merger of Billings Clinic and Logan Health on Sept. 1. This unified system will now leverage Oracle Health's technology throughout its entire network.
   
   
3. Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center has completed the installation of its new Epic EHR system. The hospital began planning the Epic implementation shortly after it completed its merger with Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care.
   
   
4. Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., is transitioning to the Epic EHR system following its acquisition by St. Louis-based Mercy.
   
   
5. Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System plans to form a joint venture with Premier Health Associates, a multispecialty group focusing on primary care across. Under the partnership, Premier Health will implement Atlantic Health's iteration of the Epic EHR platform. 
   
   
6. New Brunswick, N.J.-based Saint Peter's Healthcare System is joining Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System. Once the transaction is approved, Saint Peter's will implement Epic's electronic health record to allow providers and patients to share information across Atlantic Health's network.
   
   
7. On March 27, Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health completed its acquisition of Tenet Healthcare's Pacific Coast Network, which includes four hospitals in Southern California and their associated outpatient locations. Chad Lefteris, president and CEO of UCI Health told Becker's the health system plans to move the new hospitals over to an Epic EHR system.
   
   
8. In March, Duluth, Minn.-based St. Luke's and Wausau, Wis.-based Aspirus Health officially combined and formed a 19-hospital system. As part of the merger, the health systems will implement an Epic EHR.
   
   
9. In January, Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center and Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health signed a definitive agreement for their affiliation. As part of the agreement, Milford Regional will implement an Epic EHR system.