What You Should Know
– MEDITECH and HCA Healthcare have reached a major milestone in their 30-year partnership with the go-live of the MEDITECH Expanse EHR at 43 hospitals.
– The deployment represents the first large-scale wave of an enterprise-wide rollout for HCA Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest providers, aimed at integrating data more seamlessly and accelerating the adoption of AI and digital innovations.
The Expanse Advantage: Intuitive, Mobile, and AI-Infused
HCA Healthcare’s move to Expanse is more than a simple technology replacement; it is a foundational step in the system’s broader digital transformation strategy.
- Cloud-Based Foundation: The system is built on a modern, cloud-based architecture designed for high reliability and scale.
- Intuitive Mobile Interface: Expanse provides clinicians with personalized, mobile-friendly workflows that allow for more interaction at the bedside.
- Embedded Intelligence: The platform features embedded clinical decision support and AI capabilities intended to enhance safety, quality, and operational efficiency.
A Learning Health System Powered by 44 Million Encounters
As a “learning health system,” HCA Healthcare utilizes de-identified data from approximately 44 million annual patient encounters across 191 hospitals and 2,500 sites to drive clinical improvements.
The implementation of Expanse is designed to strengthen this data-driven foundation. According to Jake O’Shea, HCA Healthcare’s VP and CHIO, the system will help integrate data more seamlessly across the network, facilitating the adoption of future clinician-trusted AI solutions intended to return valuable time to the bedside.
