Epic Transition Information for Employees
Project Scope
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters will consolidate its three existing electronic health record (EHR) systems into a single, unified Epic platform to streamline clinical operations, improve care coordination, and enhance patient safety. The project aims to reduce redundancies, improve data accuracy and accessibility, and enable more efficient workflows across all departments. By implementing Epic, the hospital expects to realize long-term benefits including better patient outcomes, improved provider satisfaction, and increased operational efficiency.
Key Resources
Executive Sponsors
- Amy Sampson, Chief Executive Officer
- Kathy Abshire, Chief Financial Officer
- Dr. Christopher Foley, SVP/Chief Clinical Operations Officer
- Dennis Lee, Chief Digital Information Officer
- Tara Estabrooks, Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development
- Kimberly Day, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
- Jordy Rabinowitz, Chief People Officer, Human Resources
- Sean McDonagh
Project Management Leadership
- Art Davis, Director, IS PMO
EHR Leadership Team
- Dr. Dean Cauley, CMIO
- Marti Bevan, Director of Nursing Informatics
- Wendy Howlett-Holley, Director of Ambulatory Informatics
- Brent Loftis, Director of Clinical Applications
- Joe Hooks, CTO
- MJ Darling, Director of Information Analytics
Latest News
CHKD Signs Contract with Epic
CHKD has taken the first step in its migration to Epic, signing the contract that will enable us to replace several distinct software platforms with a more cohesive, nimble data environment. “We’re making this transformational investment to best serve our patients, team members, providers, and the CHKD of the future,” says President and CEO Amy Sampson. “This patient-forward technology will streamline our families’ experience with CHKD, strengthen our clinical efforts, enhance communications, and deliver capabilities that will carry our mission forward in a rapidly changing environment.”
Our Information Services department is currently building the Epic team, which will begin advanced training this spring. The work to migrate our systems will start in June 2026 with a go-live estimated for late 2027. See our project timeline below.
Timeline:
Planning continues through Q2 CY 2026.
Staffing:
- Current I.S. staff will support the project.
- Additional staff will backfill day-to-day responsibilities to maintain operations.
Application Strategy:
- Epic 1st approach: If Epic provides the functionality, no third-party solution will be considered.
- Where third-party apps are required, consolidation to a single solution will be the goal.
Resource Management:
- Non-Epic projects will be managed to limit resource conflicts and reduce risk to the Epic timeline.
- Break/fix, patient safety, and required maintenance will remain top priorities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Implementing a single Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Revenue Cycle system will allow CHKD to streamline workflows and enhance the delivery of care to patients and families.
Epic is recognized as an industry leader for its proven ability to deliver solutions that strengthen health system performance. By consolidating CHKD’s multiple systems into one integrated platform, Epic will reduce long-term technology support costs and improve efficiency.
Known for continuous innovation, Epic offers advanced capabilities that set it apart from other EHR vendors.
Epic will replace Eclipsys (Allscripts/Altera) for Revenue Cycle, Oracle Health (Cerner) for EHR, and various other third party systems. The system will be a completely new build that will replace the existing Epic system used for Ambulatory Practice Management.
CHKD will be able to adopt industry best practices and workflows to better align our operations and provide advanced capabilities through a single-system strategy.
Epic offers leading digital capabilities for patients and their families through their patient portal and underlying technologies. Capabilities include a single portal providing a comprehensive view for all of their healthcare needs, direct communications with their providers, online scheduling and registration, and a streamlined billing and payment process.
CHKD staff will have fewer systems to learn, streamlined workflows, and more time to focus on their core responsibilities.
Yes, Epic will be a single system supporting CHKD, CMG, CSSG, and CSG.
Do you have additional questions about this transition? Email the project leadership team at Epic@CHKD.org.