EMR Conversion: New Mexico hospital switching to EPIC in September
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico plans to switch from Cerner EMR charting to Epic this fall and anticipates travel nurse staffing needs, according to industry sources. The planned go-live date is September 16. The facility expects vacancies in medical-surgical/telemetry, ICU, ER, PACU and OR. The hospital currently holds 300 beds and is a classified as Level II Trauma facility. Contracts will range anywhere from six to 13 weeks. Interested nurses should have Epic experience, as well as two years of working in their specialty and previous travel assignment experience. Additional EMR Conversion needs Two hospitals in the UNC Health Care system in North Carolina will swap from Meditech to Epic during an EMR conversion in the fall. The go-live dates at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro and Nash Health Care in Rocky Mount is September 22.
Trinity Health Selects Epic For New EHR Enterprise Platform
Trinity Health, one of the largest non-profit hospital systems in the U.S., announced today it will use Epic to implement an integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management platform. The company plans to roll out the new EHR platform to all of the system’s hospitals, ambulatory care centers, physician offices and continuing care programs in the coming years, according to their official press release. The Catholic healthcare system, based out of Livonia, Michigan, operates 94 hospitals and 109 continuing care locations across 21 states. Trinity’s goal is to create a single, comprehensive EHR for patients, consumers and employees. Patients and consumers will have access to online scheduling, e-visit, and simplified online bill pay tools, while physicians and clinicians will have a shared patient record which should improve patient safety and outcomes, according to the release. “People deserve customized and convenient healthcare experiences, including simple access to a complete health and billing record. At the same time, physicians and clinicians need tools that make it easier to practice medicine. We look forward to implementing a single, enterprise solution enabling us to deliver excellent, people-centered care,” said Mike Slubowski, president and chief operating officer of Trinity Health, in the press release. The company plans to train more than 100,000 employees on the new EHR platform, which could provide opportunities for Epic EMR conversion travel nursing jobs within the next four years.