The Northfield Hospital and Clinics Board of Directors earlier this month approved a five-year contract to implement a new electronic health records system administrators say will provide patients with easier access and convenience of use.
The board unanimously approved an agreement with Meditech to implement a new electronic health records program, Meditech as a Service, during a Dec. 17 meeting.
The service includes a one-time $1.3 million capital cost and ongoing $1.9 million annual operating expense â representing a $400,000 increased annual operating expense and $11.6 million estimated five-year cost. The new service could go live by January 2022.
The current system NH+C operates on is also owned by Meditech and has been in place since 2004. However, the new service is cloud-based, meaning computer system resources are on-demand without direct, active management by the user. Meditech as a Service is hosted by the company in a Google data center and uses advanced technolo