New Hanover Regional Medical Center. StarNews file photo.
Q. How much will NHRMC pay to convert to electronic medical records, and how does this compare to other hospitals’ costs for conversion to EMR?
A. New Hanover Regional Medical Center, a hospital with about 5,000 employees, this year spent $56 million to switch to an electronic medical records system known as Epic.
WakeMed Health & Hospitals, which has about 8,300 employees, recently said it will invest about $100 million over five years on a similar system from Epic.
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Date posted: November 26, 2012
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