The Wabash General Hospital Board of Directors has voted to spend nearly $210,000 to begin updating the hospital’s health records system. The electronic health records consultant contract was awarded to Ice Technologies in Pella, Iowa and is an important first step according to WGH CEO Karissa Turner…

Also at this week’s board meeting, human resources director Bridget Shepard announced that the hospital had surpassed 400 employees for the first time. Wabash General is already Wabash County’s largest employer and has grown substantially over the last 17 years when the hospital had 186 workers.