UR Medicine to spend $40M on EHR makeover for New York hospital

On July 6, Rochester, N.Y.-based UR Medicine said it plans to merge with Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health on Aug. 1, which will require Finger Lakes to move onto new EHR systems, RochesterBeacon reported.

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UR Medical Center CEO Mark Taubman, MD, said that the estimated cost of giving Finger Lakes Health a new EHR system will be around $40 million or more.

Currently, Finger Lakes uses four different EHR systems, and will install two new systems to be compatible with UR Medicine’s EHR system.

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