"How Mount Sinai Is Transforming Its Systems With A Multi-Year Epic EHR Rollout" - Gus Venditto
When The Mount Sinai Hospital set out to upgrade its clinical workflow in 2005, the IT team estimated it would be a three-year job. The scope of that project was to replace the paper charts and an aging GE Logician system at the New York City teaching hospital. What the original team didn’t plan on was the hyper-growth that was coming. In the years that followed, Mount Sinai merged with one of New York City’s largest hospital systems, Continuum, and now operates seven hospitals and 100 ambulatory practices. With more than 38,000 staff members, it has become the second-largest private employer in the city. Through all of that growth, the Epic project is still underway with completion now scheduled for 2020. But rather than simply replacing paper charts with digital records, Epic modules have transformed every aspect of care throughout the system. Epic modules will be used in all departments throughout the system. “We’re putting our clinicians in front of the change,” said Elena Sethi, director of the IT program management office for the Mount Sinai Health System.
- Elena Sethi, Director, IT Program Management Office, The Mount Sinai Health System
- Ken Koppenhaver, Senior Director, Epic Applications, The Mount Sinai Health System
- Susan Brassell-Knox, Senior Director, IT Program Management Office, The Mount Sinai Health System
- Kristin Myers, Senior Vice President, Information Technology, The Mount Sinai Health System