Pathways has adopted Epic’s electronic health record system (EHR), making it the first organization of its kind to do so in the San Francisco Bay Area, it said this week.
The home health, palliative care, and hospice group started using Epic’s EHR earlier this month and has connected thus far to almost 2,000 hospitals and over 34,000 clinics nationwide that use Epic.
The enhanced data exchange capabilities with California’s major healthcare providers will help patients keep their primary physicians informed as they recover from surgery or an illness or receive more help with daily tasks, Pathways said. When a patient or his or her family choose Pathways, they will be connected to this same system.
