Becker's Healthcare April 1, 2024
Epic implementations can take years but health systems can start going live with the EHR in a matter of months, a company leader told Becker’s.
At smaller health systems, nine-to-12-month Epic installs are “very common now,” said Epic implementation executive Nick Frenzer. “It’s not necessarily to rush but so they get the benefit as quickly as possible.”
Larger health systems can have their first go-lives in 16 to 18 months with subsequent rollouts every six months, Mr. Frenzer said.
Those implementation timelines are helped along by Epic’s “foundation system,” a default EHR based on best practices from other customers, that can allow health systems to focus more on change management and training.
“So it becomes very iterative very quickly, but...
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