Becker's Healthcare August 14, 2025
Waukon, Iowa-based Veterans Memorial Hospital is taking a financial loss from a recent Epic EHR implementation, the Waukon Standard reported.
The 25-bed critical access hospital went live June 14 with Epic for a cost of $3.88 million, with the EHR supplied by Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care through its Community Connect program.
Veterans Memorial Hospital ended July with a loss of $430,135, which included about $500,000 for the Epic implementation that had already been paid out and couldn’t be capitalized, according to the Aug. 13 story.
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