Becker's Healthcare November 22, 2024
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health is nearing the finish line of a transformation to unify its health system under a single EHR platform.
By March 2025, all core facilities within the organization will be fully integrated into Epic, with plans to onboard newly acquired facilities thereafter.
“We’ve had Epic in some capacity for over a decade, but we made an enterprise-wide decision to standardize on Epic three years ago,” Sam Bagchi, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer at Christus Health told Becker’s. “By March 1, 2025, we’ll have completed implementation across all our core facilities, enabling us to unlock tremendous potential for improving care delivery.”
Implementing an EHR across a large health system like Christus Health requires significant...