News Summary :
The $77M investment in new EHR technology would transform an old chart-pushing public hospital bureaucracy into a state of art electronic medical network. This was what Alameda Health System expected on implementation of EHR technology. But what administrators got, instead, was a mounting financial crisis with the new electronic system one of several culprits.
“To put it simply, we have run out of cash, we have maxed out our credit lines with the county of Alameda,” said James Lugannani, one of the newest members of the hospital board of trustees, speaking to fellow trustees this month. Lugannani is asking for help from Alameda County government.
