COOS BAY, Ore. - Medical centers in Coos Bay will soon be using a new electronic health record system.

Bay Area Hospital, Bay Clinic, North Bend Medical Center and Advanced Health will soon all be running one system called Epic.

This will move them away from paper and faxing which health care officials say caused delays in care and errors.

President and CEO of Bay Area Hospital says electronic information is more accurate, more reliable and faster.

"There are times when patients need to leave the community for a higher level of care,” said Brian Moore, president and CEO of Bay Area Hospital, said. “With Epic, their information will be available in those locations and when they come back here to see their local physician, the information about the treatment that they received out of the area, will be available for their local care team."

Preparation and training will be this spring and they expect to have the system up and running in about one year from now.