Mike Hill

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Network Glitch Brings Down Epic EMR

Erin McCann | Healthcare IT News | January 28, 2014

An IT network failure at a Florida health system has rendered the organization's $80 million Epic electronic medical record system down for the count. The outage, officials reported, lasted nearly two days. Read More »

Nurses Warn Epic EHR Causes Serious Disruptions to Safe Patient Care at East Bay Hospitals

Press Release | California Nurses Association | July 11, 2013

Introduction of a new electronic medical records system at Sutter corporation East Bay hospitals has produced multiple problems with safe care delivery that has put patients at risk, charged the California Nurses Association today...In over 100 reports submitted by RNs at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center facilities in Berkeley and Oakland, nurses cited a variety of serious problems with the new system, known as Epic. The reports are in union forms RNs submit to management documenting assignments they believe to be unsafe. Read More »

Sutter’s $1 Billion Boondoggle-New Electronic Records System Goes Dark

Press Release | California Nurses Association | August 27, 2013

A controversial electronic health records system on which Sutter corporation has said it is spending $1 billion went completely dark Monday at Sutter hospitals in Northern California exposing patients to additional risk beyond problems reported with the system in July, registered nurses reported yesterday. Read More »