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Hi there! I’m speaking from experience with several switches to Epic and being a trainer that assisted a large health system transition the smaller hospitals within the group. Transitioning to any new EHR can be chaotic. Transitioning to Epic I’ve found is even more chaotic depending on the resources your organization puts into the transition. For example, how many super users you’ll have available to support your unit on each shift or how helpful the command center staff are. I’ve never had a transition go without issues, it’s impossible. There will be bumps and fires to put out for several months post go-live. You’ll also feel like none of the required trainings help you much, but a few takeaways…
1. It gets better. The first few months will seem LONG, but once you get the hang of navigating, you’ll question why you it took so long to get Epic.
2. Epic is a beast! There are several ways to document / navigate to the same thing. Pick your way and stick to it at first. Repetition matters. You’ll learn some of the other ways along the way.
3. Finally, be the voice of reason. You’ll always have some folks who run around with their head on fire and get snappy out of frustration. Remember everyone is in it together and is learning, so there is no need to be negative. This too shall pass!
Hope this helps and best wishes on the transition!
I agree, EPIC system is the easiest to use as long as you have proper training. My hospital trained us in a seminar room for 2 whole days. For a week, we have EPIC people during the transition from old system to EPIC. Now it's easier to use as I've used it for more than 2 years. The IV pumps are also connected via Bluetooth to EPIC and it goes to the IV infusion verify in your pc.
Yes I have! I was with a small cardiology practice that was bought out by a giant hospital. We all had to undergo epic training. Which for us was a week. We then had purple epic ppl there with us the day of our “go live” it was a chaotic mess. But the epic ppl are really helpful. And epic is very easy to operate once you are in it. There are many ways to get to the same answer, which makes training hard because what is good for you may not work for someone else.
Epic is very easy to operate and I found it useful when I input the information it'll appear in multiple flowsheets.
I would be very grateful for the opportunity to be trained in EPIC! Something I have been waiting on! My family and I live in St. Augustine. However in a few months we will be moving near the Titusville area. Please let me know how can get into group where we can experience
The hospital I worked at did this 8 years ago. For my specialty in pathology we found there were 3 different ways to look up reports. That was hard at first but so easy after awhile. We had training for a good week and then when we went live we had the Epic trainers there with us. It went really well. She stayed with us for a week and said we were the easiest people in terms of catching on fast. It’s confusing at first but good to go after.
Epic is epic! Lol
I have been through several and they are always chaotic. It seems that the new systems don't make sense and don't seem to work the same as the system you are leaving. Trust the process. It does get better but it's a rough time making the change.
I was lucky, I am in the lab and we have Beaker, and from what I hear it's way better than the standard lab platform. It's so much better than Meditech, that we had before. Change is hard for sure, but it does get better. I took the RN training too to try to figure out the problems nursing has with ordering labs. It was helpful. I'd recommend cross training the lab module later to make everything more understandable once you have your department figured out. It did the doctor training too, and they do have some problems I couldn't doggie out how to resolve because they can't necessarily see what smoother provider has ordered.
This part that would make it easier is it EPIC would tell you whisk is the 4 ways to do something is the best. Some people refuse to learn a better way if they originally learned another.
We just switched from Nextgen to Epic this past July. It's fairly easy just a lot to learn. They have videos to watch and learn from. They also give you tests to make sure you understand the content. There are something's from Nextgen I do miss. I haven't been fully trained on it. Next month we go through a two day boot camp.