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Local hospital staff preparing for EPIC conversion; hospital wins $100,000 colorectal‑screening grant
Summary
Hospital representatives told commissioners the hospital will go live on EPIC June 14 and urged patience during the first-week transition. The hospital also said it received a $100,000 Prevent Cancer Foundation grant to expand colorectal screening and follow-up assistance starting this summer.
Representatives from the local hospital told Fulton County commissioners on April 7 that the hospital will switch to the EPIC electronic health-record system in mid‑June and that the change will require extensive staff training and extra time for initial patient registrations.
Hospital representative Brad Rogers said staff are “in training all day” and that the system is scheduled to go live the weekend of June 14 so staff can work the changeover with reduced weekday volume. "We're gonna go live June 14," he said,…
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