Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has greatly expanded the use and capabilities of Epic since launching the EHR 10 years ago.
Here are four things to know about St. Luke’s Epic journey, according to a May 5 blog post from the 16-hospital system:
1. St. Luke’s has delivered more than 121,000 Epic training classes to providers, nurses, schedulers and revenue cycle specialists.
2. After initially hosting Epic at two on-premise data centers, St. Luke’s became one of the first health systems to move Epic to the cloud, cutting disaster recovery times from hours to minutes.
3. Data exchange at St. Luke’s has increased from just over 1 million patient records in 2016 to 13 million outgoing records and more than 22 million incoming today.
4. Nearly 1 million St. Luke’s patients now use MyChart, and users have completed over 5 million e-check-ins, viewed 37.5 million test results and submitted 1.5 million medication renewal requests over the past decade.
