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Cone Remains 'Confident' In The Future Despite S&P Report

Kelly Poe | News & Record | November 15, 2013

It’s been a tough year for Cone Health. The health care provider spent $90 million implementing an electrical medical records software system called Epic. It eliminated hundreds of jobs. It had to deal with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement at the state and national level. Read More »

EHRs And Health IT Projects: Are They Battering Hospitals' Financial Profiles?

Bob Herman | Becker's Hospital Review | January 6, 2014

This past November, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services downgraded the credit rating of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., from "AA-" to "A+". Read More »

Expensive EHR Implementations Threaten Hospital Credit Ratings

Julie Bird | FierceHealthFinance | January 7, 2014

Huge capital outlays for  electronic health record (EHR) implementations are threatening the credit ratings of some large medical systems by tying up large amounts of cash and temporarily reducing profits, Becker's Hospital Review reported. Read More »