To implement Epic as a hospital’s EHR provider on time and on budget, CIOs should strongly consider hiring a subject matter expert to tackle the integral role of interface manager. Though it’s possible to train existing staff on Epic interoperability, a project of this scope and complexity requires an in-depth...
Integrated EHRs eliminate the need for faxing, mailing and delivering patient records, improve efficiencies and create better outcomes—but only when clinical staff are provided with the full benefits of those systems through fully optimized integration. While integrated EHRs benefit patients across the board, they can be especially beneficial in chronic...
Across the country, electronic health records have been failing to deliver anticipated ROI following initial implementation. This has left many physicians and hospitals struggling to achieve system-wide adoption of EHR platforms, as staffers blame the system for perceived drawbacks and failures. Is the EHR itself responsible for less-than-ideal outcomes, or...
Amid all of the hype surrounding electronic health records in the last few years, it is important to take a moment to remember that EHRs are tools for doing a job, not solutions designed to give a hospital market advantage. They were developed as a means to collect patient information...
Many years ago Epic Systems created a world class Electronic Health Record (EHR) system that made the patient record the center of the health record management universe. 300+ installs (and growing rapidly) later, providers seem to be embracing this idea, with ease of implementation being the main selling point. After...
One of the most critical milestones in an Epic implementation is integrated testing of interfaces, driven by Epic itself. If all modules are not properly interfaced, Epic will not allow the hospital to go live – and these setbacks can cost hospitals hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars....
Does Epic, one of the leading EHR providers for US hospitals have crucial interoperability issues? At first, hospitals executives may feel that they have chosen the wrong solution – that the problem lies not with Epic itself, but rather with the approach they have used to deploy Epic to meet...