Becker's Healthcare October 14, 2024
Giles Bruce

For health systems, switching to a new EHR can cost as much as a new hospital.

And the decisions are often just as crucial. Just ask David Tam, MD, CEO of Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare, which is investing $40 million to $50 million in an Epic EHR.

“Epic is truly, in my opinion, the most important thing we can do to improve the quality and access of care to the people who live here in Sussex County,” Dr. Tam told Becker’s. “It’s just as important as a new building.”

Beebe Healthcare is one of 19 new health systems recently welcomed into the Epic fold. The two-hospital system plans to go live with the new EHR in November 2025. It is...

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