How much 13 health systems are paying for EHRs

Here is how much 13 hospitals and health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:

Editors note: This article was updated Nov. 21 and will continue to be updated with the latest news. 

  1. Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System is investing $160 million to transition to an Epic EHR system.

  2. Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System's Epic EHR system required an approximate $500 million investment.

  3. Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health System is investing $40 million over the next five years to transition to the Epic EHR system.

  4. The University of Alabama System is transitioning to an Epic EHR system, with a $380 million budget approved by the UA System Board of Trustees to support implementation at Birmingham-based UAB and the soon-to-be-acquired Ascension St. Vincent's Health System, covering associated labor and operational costs over seven years.

  5. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health estimates that its Epic EHR implementation will cost the health system $1.2 billion.

  6. Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First plans to spend more than $160 million over the next two years to transition to an Epic EHR system.

  7. Kealakekua, Hawaii-based Kona Community Hospital and Hawaii County, Hawaii Kohala Hospital have been awarded $2.5 million in federal funding to install an Epic EHR system. 

  8. MyMichigan Medical Center Sault in Sault Ste. Marie is spending $10 million to install Epic across the hospital.

  9. OhioHealth Van Wert Hospital spent $12 million to upgrade its EHR system to CareConnect.

  10. Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health told Becker's it is nearly three-fourths of the way through an $800 million Epic rollout that is bringing the EHR to 101 hospitals.

  11. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth, one of the nation's largest health systems, recently completed its switch to an Epic EHR that cost $660 million.

  12. Cleveland-based University Hospitals installed Epic's EHR last year, which cost $400 million. The investment consolidated 15 systems into a single integrated platform and ended up being $200 million under budget expectations.

  13. Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System is giving its newly acquired Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital a new EHR system. The cost is slated to be around $50 million. 

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