Mississippi hospital taps McKesson EHR tech

North Sunflower Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Ruleville, Miss., plans to deploy a suite of McKesson IT products for its EHR technology.

The systems, including McKesson’s Paragon health information system, Practice Partner EHR and RelayHealth claims and eligibility processing tools, will replace paper-based records and disparate technologies to address duplicate data entry challenges, according to the Atlanta-based company.
 

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