Health systems are investing tens of millions, and in some cases more than $100 million, in Epic projects ranging from new EHR implementations to major rebuilds of existing systems.
Here are the costs of four recent projects, as reported by Becker’s:
- Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota Epic install is a $175 million, roughly 15-month effort to replace two legacy EHR systems with a single enterprise platform, affecting clinical, operational and billing workflows across the organization.
- Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Health System’s install is a $75 million, systemwide “big bang” conversion from Oracle Health to Epic, affecting more than 5,000 physicians, nurses and staff and designed as much to support the health system’s growth and clinical integration as to replace its EHR.
- Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is spending $40 million to renovate Epic rather than replace it. After 14 years of customization, bolt-ons and missed upgrades, it’s rebuilding the EHR around Epic’s current standard capabilities, retiring unnecessary third-party tools and redesigning governance so the system stays modern going forward.
- Laurel, Miss.-based South Central Regional Medical Center is a $115 million, 10-year Epic investment that combines a rapid one-year implementation with a much longer-term effort to create a shared digital infrastructure for South Central Regional and other community hospitals in Mississippi.
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