UNC Healthcare has cut back the number of patients it’s seeing at several of its facilities over the past two weeks. The hospital system is in the process of transitioning to a new electronic medical records system, and the cutbacks are part of anticipated roll-out period procedure.
The system, known as EPIC, is the same records software being implemented at Duke and Novant health systems. EPIC will allow patients to more seamlessly transition between the state’s hospitals.
Susanne Herman of UNC Healthcare says the new-patient rollback was necessary to make sure the launch wasn’t overwhelming to hospital staff.
