Healthcare Informatics January 9, 2017
The University of Vermont Medical Center has filed a certificate of need (CON) application with the state of Vermont to create a unified electronic health record (EHR) across four hospitals in the University of Vermont Health Network.
Officials of the organization said that a unified EHR will “significantly improve patient care by having all of a patient’s information available to a health care provider regardless of location whenever it is needed.”
According to a press release announcement, the capital cost associated with the project subject to CON review is $112.4 million, which includes $3.1 million in capitalized interest. The total cost of the project over the first six years of implementation and operation is $151.6 million. If done independently, it...
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