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GMH details fragmented EHR and a $25M IT infrastructure ask; RCM outsourcing seen as revenue lever
Summary
Hospital leaders told legislators their electronic‑health‑record systems are fragmented and noninteroperable, described a $25M IT infrastructure upgrade and a separately budgeted $25M EHR replacement, and said outsourcing revenue‑cycle management could recover an estimated $12M a year.
Guam Memorial Hospital executives told the Committee on Health and Veterans Affairs they are running multiple, noninteroperable electronic health systems that create ‘‘dead zones’’ at the bedside and impede registration, charting and revenue collection.
IT and EHR condition: Hospital staff said patients are registered in a sunsetted system while clinical documentation occurs in a separate EHR; scanned documents and disconnected modules force clinical staff to open several systems for a single patient. The hospital described large sections of the facility with…
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