Many healthcare organizations in the US have implemented Epic EMR Software solutions to improve care coordination, interoperability options, and the patient care process. These digital health transformations by hospitals and clinics are in the hope to boost data sharing opportunities between stakeholders in the healthcare sector and offer supreme care services to patient populations.
Epic Systems was named by KLAS as the top KLAS overall healthcare suite in 2021 for the eleventh year. The KLAS report revealed that 94% of its users reported high satisfaction scores with the EHR implementation, and 63% of customers informed better interoperability options with health IT.
The following healthcare organizations have leveraged Epic EHR Software solutions to bring about desirable changes in the way they operate and share data.
Southeast Health Medical Group
Southeast Health Medical Group is an Alabama-based health system that launched Epic Electronic Health Records (EHR) software system in February this year to enhance care quality across their system. Southeast Health Medical Group realized that with the Epic EHR software platform they were able to seamlessly transfer data between its hospital, medical school, and 22 clinics in South Alabama. All the accurate information is in the right place and can be shared and accessed by everyone to support clinical decision-making and the patient care process.
Tower Health
Tower Health located in Pennsylvania implemented Epic EHR Software solutions for all Tower Health hospitals and practices in March. By using the powerful software services the health system will have prompt access to real-time data for both patients and providers. Having data at the right time is the key to improve patient care and boost patient outcome levels. When real-time data is at the fingertips of the healthcare provider better diagnosis and targeted treatment plans can be devised for the patient. Tower Health has taken a leap to become an integrated healthcare system with Epic in offering the best care to their patients.
Newport Hospital and Health Services (NHHS)
NHHS is a rural hospital that implemented the Epic EHR software platform in March. The hospital implemented the Epic Systems Community Connect model, which is affordable and facilitates the hospital to seamlessly connect with a larger local hospital. The robust features in the software system will help streamline daily administrative and clinical tasks providing an opportunity to enhance the patient experience and keep them satisfied throughout their care journey.
Central Texas Community Health Centers
Central Texas Community Health Centers deployed Epic EHR Software solutions to enhance interoperability options between its 27 locations all over Travis country. Patient engagement tools will be used such as patient scheduling and mobile workflows. The community health center required population health analytics, decision support, and patient engagement capabilities that were all present in Epic software solutions. The all-inclusive EHR software meets all needs to deliver patient care at its best and real-time reporting features to public health authorities. By coordinating care across a community of providers things can improve for the better at large.
Moving Ahead
The Epic software implementations suggest that the vendor is successful in providing a software system that has the right features of interoperability, patient experience, population health, and analytics to make health systems function smoothly and meet their clinical and administrative goals. The Epic implementation team is also supportive and works together with the hospital team to make sure that the implementation process works well and completes on time.
