Coast Guard's abrupt termination of Epic EHR rollout prompts House hearing

Healthcare IT News: The Government Accountability Office has hit the Coast Guard for failing to implement an electronic health record system and creating havoc by resorting to a paper process.

The House Transportation Committee has scheduled a hearing Jan. 30 to consider the Coast Guard's failure to implement an Epic electronic health record back in 2015.

The Coast Guard canceled the contract two years ago without explanation, according to Epic Systems, the EHR vendor who had won the contract.

Today, the Coast Guard is tangled in a web of paper processes, which is creating havoc, GAO found.

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