How long does EHR migration take?
EHR migration timelines vary widely, from a few weeks for modern cloud systems to three to six months for enterprise platforms like Raintree. The timeline depends on data volume, integrations, and how services-heavy the vendor's implementation is. Orion is built to be fast: your first real patient is live in about 7 days, and most practices are fully operational in about 35.
Long migrations are usually a function of legacy, services-led implementations, lots of custom configuration and manual data mapping before you can use the system. Enterprise EHRs commonly run three to six months, and reviewers report onboarding with minimal support.
Orion shortens this by running alongside your current EHR rather than forcing a hard cutover. You get value in the first 7 days during the parallel pilot, then migrate your data in stages with a final backfill once you decide to switch. Nothing is left behind, and there's a clean exit the whole way if it isn't right.