Epic EHR system

Clinical productivity at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center took a sizeable hit to its adjusted income in the buildup to an Epic implementation completed in March 2016. Documents from a recent meeting of the UT System Board of Regents indicate that the top-ranked cancer hospital saw a $160.5-million decrease in adjusted income “primarily attributable to an increase in expenses combined with a decrease in patient revenues as a result of the implementation of the new EPIC Electronic Health Record system (EHR)”...

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