UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco has invested $150 million to make the switch from paper records to electronic health records, according to a San Francisco Examiner news report.
The EHR system will be paid for through hospital reserves and will extend through the main hospital, the hospital's 150 clinics and the emergency room. An anticipated go-live date was not disclosed in the news report, but the project is expected to take three years.
Read the news report about UCSF Medical Center's EHR system.
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The EHR system will be paid for through hospital reserves and will extend through the main hospital, the hospital's 150 clinics and the emergency room. An anticipated go-live date was not disclosed in the news report, but the project is expected to take three years.
Read the news report about UCSF Medical Center's EHR system.
Related Articles on EHRs:
July 3 Last Day for Eligible Hospitals to Begin 90-Day MU Reporting Period
Vermont REC: 75% of Primary Care Physicians Have Switched to EHRs
ONC Meaningful Use Workgroup Recommends Pushing Back Stage 2 for Those Attesting in 2011