Mercy Technology Services, the IT division of the Chesterfield, Mo.-based health system, will provide Epic implementation services for Gastonia, N.C.-based CaroMont Health.
Mercy Technology Services, the first accredited provider of the Epic Connect service, provides implementation, application management and hosting of Mercy's Epic electronic health record system in a software-as-a-service model, as well as consulting services.
"It takes an army to put this kind of system in place," said Alice Stewart, Mercy vice president of clinical systems, in a news release. "One would be hard-pressed to find a consultant with as many Epic installs as Mercy specialists have completed as a team. We have seasoned veterans working in step who accelerate deployment and reduce risk."
CaroMont Health CIO Mike Johnson said in the release his system chose Mercy's Epic service to minimize the risk of project failure. "This is a complex, large-scale implementation and it will be important that our efforts be successful," he said. "Our goal is to keep project costs in check and minimize risk. We chose Mercy because they are accredited by Epic and they have a great track record."
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