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Epic Systems is one part of the three companies facing class-action lawsuits disputing individual arbitration agreements.  Along with Murphy Oil and Ernst & Young, it seems that contracts and or agreements previously signed by former employees are actually bound by the agreements in question. The three – Epic v. Lewis along with the National LaborRead more

Mergers and Acquisitions: This is nothing new in business, and certainly nothing new in the healthcare market.  As consumers of healthcare, we have experienced the impact of M&As in the delivery of our care to varying extents.  Several prominent M&As have significantly changed the way that the healthcare market is configured in our nation.  ThisRead more

When it comes to security, and the right to ownership of your own data, we naturally feel inclined to wonder and question why our own information is not available to us. This is the same inquiry that former Vice President, Joe Biden posed to EPIC’s CEO, Judy Faulkner. Her answer appalled the Twitter community aRead more

Late last year, we updated you on the release of Epic’s ongoing New Version Training program (NVTs) and their newly introduced, Booster Training Program for advanced level consultants and Epic specialists.  (The original post can be found here.) Since then, the NVT program has gone live, with actual consultants taking courses and tests from theRead more

Jessica Davis, Associate Editor at Healthcare IT News recently published Chad Eckes’ strategy at Wake Forest health in order to prevent the hospital’s Epic EHR rollout from an ongoing financial drainage. The article, which can be fully read here explains the struggle stemmed from the Wake’s own IT department and how many broken projects resultedRead more

In order to take part in the spirit of April 1st or better known as April Fools day, Epic Systems revamped their home page to introduce a new app for doctors and patients to become acquainted with. Much like Tinder, Epic’s app – cleverly named Epic TinDr claimed that it would allow physicians to chooseRead more

Resume formats come in and out of style. We all remember the days of the one page resume. Unless you have a relatively short work history, it’s impossible to adequately express the depth of your expertise in a single page. If you have a lengthy work history, you face the opposite challenge: no hiring manager wantsRead more

As you know Epic is a very competitive profession from the Hospitals to the candidates being presented. Choosing the right firm to represent you is important. I have been in the staffing industry for over 20 years and have heard some real horror stories from candidates. How many times have these things happened to you?Read more

Just weeks after the Improving Health Information Technology Act was approved, both EHR vendors such as Epic, Cerner, NextGen, and Allscripts and health systems such as Catholic Health Initiatives, Kaiser, and Trinity Health (to name a few) have committed to take part in the act to improve healthcare IT. The three main points addressed inRead more

Tableau Software announced Monday that it would be pairing with Epic, allowing for greater insights and faster analytics to Epic users. Tableau Software, a business analytics vendor ranked high in the top business intelligence and analytics vendors in healthcare in 2015, the 2015 KLAS report “Enterprise Healthcare BI: The Search for Outcomes” states. The integrationRead more