With much of its IT workforce retiring, NIH sees need to replace EHR

The National Institutes of Health’s electronic health record, The Clinical Research Information System, was first purpose-built 20 years ago for the nation’s largest research hospital.

It will be soon replaced, said Jon McKeeby, chief information officer at NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

WHY IT MATTERS

According to Federal News Network, during a panel session at the AFCEA Bethesda Health IT Summit last week, McKeeby told attendees…