This means patients of Longstreet and other practices and hospitals connected via Epic will now share one health record improving the sharing and access to critical health information in the care delivery process.įor example, when a Longstreet patient is seen at the emergency room at NGMC, the emergency room clinicians, physicians and providers will see that patient’s medical history, medications and previous treatment and will complete all documentation in the same chart during that visit in the ER. In December 2017, after a multi-year evaluation process in which multiple platforms were evaluated, Longstreet Clinic made the decision to move to Epic as well.
It was implemented locally across Northeast Georgia Health System’s facilities and groups in October 2017. News and World Report’s top-ranked hospitals and medical schools. Epic has the power to connect our patient’s medical care across our community like never before, creating a more seamless and improved environment of care.”Įpic has already proven a valuable addition to some of the nation’s leading hospitals and is utilized by the majority of U.S. “Because, if you are a patient at more than one of the healthcare provider groups on Epic in our region, all your providers will be able to access the same shared health record – placing access to such items as medication lists, procedure lists, diagnostic results and past medical histories at their fingertips. “Epic is a game-changer from both a patient and clinical perspective,” said Chad Copper, M.D., FACS, general surgeon at Longstreet Clinic and co-chair of Longstreet Clinic’s Epic project. In addition, this platform will replace most all of Longstreet’s other information systems including laboratory, radiology, billing and financial – literally touching every aspect of Longstreet’s operations. This technology platform will allow Longstreet providers to share one patient medical record across other Epic providers in Northeast Georgia – including Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s (NGMC) hospital facilities, The Heart Center of NGMC (THC) and Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG). Longstreet Clinic is excited to announce that on July 1 it will implement the industry leading health information platform – Epic.
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