Buffalo Physicians' Group Adopts Shared Record Platform
The 700-provider group moves to a unified digital system, streamlining clinical data sharing with regional hospital partners.
Updated on Oct. 27, 2026 in Healthcare
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UBMD Physicians' Group has migrated to the Epic electronic health record platform, integrating its patient database with Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center. This transition standardizes digital clinical records across the three major regional providers.
Why it matters
The move aims to eliminate administrative silos by centralizing patient data, reducing record-access delays that often complicate care coordination and safety protocols.
The system migration involves 700 providers across 16 practice plans now sharing a single digital environment with partner institutions. While the integration is live, the organizations continue to refine adoption workflows across their facilities.
The players
UBMD Physicians' Group
A multispecialty group comprising over 700 providers and 16 practice plans.
Kaleida Health
A Western New York healthcare provider that previously implemented the Epic platform.
Erie County Medical Center
A public academic medical center serving the Western New York region.
The details
The Epic platform functions as a unified digital environment where clinicians access centralized patient histories, medication lists, allergy data, and diagnostic test results. By merging UBMD Physicians' Group with the existing infrastructure at Kaleida Health and Erie County Medical Center, the network removes the friction of disparate software, aiming to streamline information sharing and lower administrative burdens for staff.
Timeline
October 20-26, 2026: UBMD Physicians' Group went live with the Epic platform.
October 24, 2026: UBMD and Erie County Medical Center completed the transition to the shared system.
Market Landscape
This integration aligns with the broader push for healthcare interoperability mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act's interoperability provisions. It mirrors a regional trend of consolidating digital workflows to meet rising expectations for standardized data access.
Operators in the regional health sector should prepare for shift-related workflow adjustments as integration efforts continue across the partner facilities. Management should track potential improvements in patient processing speeds and reduced administrative overhead as the system stabilizes.
The takeaway
Centralized record-keeping requires significant post-launch monitoring of staff workflows to ensure the promised efficiency gains are actually realized. Clinical leadership should track the volume of record-access requests as a key metric for evaluating the system's success in the coming quarter.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Niagara Frontier Publications.
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