Small, rural and safety-net hospitals across the U.S. are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding and community grants to purchase and install Epic EHRs.
Digital transformation has been elusive for many hospitals without deep pockets to develop sophisticated IT infrastructures, Becker’s reports.
Hospitals are also finding other ways to support EHR transitions. Greenbrae, Calif.-based MarinHealth Medical Center received a $20 million tax-exempt equipment note to finance and/or refinance costs incurred by replacing its current EHR system with Epic’s EHR. Read more.
