Maine Medical Center (MMC)

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Cone Health Joins WFBMC In Suffering From Epic Costs

Owen Covington | The Business Journal | May 10, 2013

A second Triad health system has fallen into the red following its implementation of the popular Epic Systems Corp. electronic medical records system, with Cone Health posting a $13.2 million operating deficit midway through its fiscal year and implementing plans to cut $20 million in costs by this fall. Read More »

EHR Part Of MaineHealth's Financial Woes

Stephanie Bouchard | Healthcare IT News | May 2, 2013

In a memo to its employees last week, Maine Medical Center [...] said it has suffered an operating loss of $13.4 million in the first half of its fiscal year. The rollout of MaineHealth's estimated $160 million electronic health record system [...] was among several reasons Maine Med's CEO cited for the shortfall. Read More »

Epic Installation Proves More Expensive

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | December 27, 2013

Bringing the total cost to $200 million, the parent company of Maine Medical Center will be spending tens of millions more on training for its problematic Epic electronic health record implementation. Read More »

Financial Woes At Maine Medical Center

Stephanie Bouchard | Healthcare Finance News | May 2, 2013

In a memo to its employees last week, one of Maine’s largest health systems said it has suffered an operating loss of $13.4 million in the first half of its fiscal year. Read More »

Financial Woes At Maine Medical Center: Reading This Blog Might Have Saved Them Millions Of Dollars, And Prevented Massive "Cost Saving Initiatives"

Staff Writer | Health Care Renewal | May 4, 2013

In a memo to its employees last week, one of Maine’s largest health systems said it has suffered an operating loss of $13.4 million in the first half of its fiscal year. Read More »

MaineHealth To Go Live With New EHR, Speech Tech

Bernie Monegain | Healthcare IT News | October 2, 2012

As it rolls out a new electronic health record system across eight hospitals, MaineHealth will also deploy speech recognition technology to make it easier and quicker to fill in the patient chart. Read More »

Who Says Chief Information Officers Can't Lose By Choosing Epic?

Zina Moukheiber | Forbes | July 11, 2013

As the saying goes in health IT circles: You can’t lose your job by picking Epic Systems. With its reputation for consistently high marks, and a prestigious roster of clients, hospital chief information officers view it as a safe bet. Read More »