A Community Connect program is a strategic decision by a health system to extend its Epic electronic health record (EHR) software to community physicians and/or... More

Clinical Content Build Out (CCBO) is the phase of system implementation in which each clinical area will review and modify the clinical documentation tools that... More

CMS announced the “Next Generation ACO Model” early last week. The program will be CMS’ third ACO initiative, following the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)... More

A new report from KLAS finds that competition between Epic and Cerner is “closer than it has been in years past,” with a greater number... More

A “new” life saving device may already be in your pocket or purse. Your smartphone! The constant development of mobile technology has led to hundreds... More

ONC recently published the draft version of its 2015 “Interoperability Roadmap.” The Roadmap lays out action items that ONC believes should be taken by a variety... More

What do you do if you have to load a substantial number of records or data at one time into Epic? This can be accomplished... More

Emergency nursing has always been my passion and my identity for years. My entire career has been in the Emergency Department (ED) working as an... More

Version upgrades are a common biannual process that all Epic customers spend countless hours and significant amounts of energy to implement. Although in the end,... More

The FY 2015 Work Plan from HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) suggests even more oversight around HIPAA compliance and EHR incentive payments is coming:... More

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Having the greatest Epic system in the world won’t provide value if users are unable to... More

Having the greatest Epic system in the world won’t provide value if users are unable to access it properly and efficiently. The following recommendations will... More

A new report from KLAS finds that more than one quarter (27%) of ambulatory practices are considering replacing their current EHR. An additional 12% reported... More