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The 2025 DirectTrust Annual Conference
2025-08-04 - 2025-08-07    
12:00 am
Three of the most interesting healthcare topics are going to be featured at the DirectTrust Annual conference this year: Interoperability, Identity, and Cybersecurity. These are [...]
ALS Nexus Event Recap and Overview
2025-08-11 - 2025-08-14    
12:00 am
International Conference on Wearable Medical Devices and Sensors
2025-08-12    
12:00 am
Conference Details: International Conference on Wearable Medical Devices and Sensors , on 12th Aug 2025 at New York, New York, USA . The key intention [...]
Epic UGM 2025
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-21    
12:00 am
The largest gathering of Epic Users at the Epic user conference in Verona. Generally highlighted by Epic’s keynote where she often makes big announcements about [...]
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Epic UGM 2025
18 Aug 25
Verona

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Lourdes Hospital, Mercy Health Switch to Electronic Form of Records

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Paducah’s Lourdes Hospital and parent company Mercy Health are integrating with the federal Social Security Administration in order to speed up the processing of patients’ disability claims.

The SSA’s “Health IT” program uses electronic records of medical histories, shaving weeks off of eligibility determinations.

The switchover from paper records may result in quicker access to public health benefits for patients depending on the outcome of their claim.

“Moving from paper to electronic processes also improves employee productivity, eliminating the need to fax, scan and mail paper records,” said Stephen Beck, chief medical informatics officer at Mercy Health, in a statement.

The new system also reduces the amount of uncompensated care hospitals provide to patients.

The SSA had received documents from more than 500 Mercy Health patients in the first 10 days after going live with the new system.

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