Is EPIC coming to your facility??....

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My facility is going through the process of training all employees to use EPIC. It's a new system that is on the computer and is replacing all the patients paper charts. They say this new system is suppose to be easier and that it will make the Doctors be more responsible and their orders more legible. Along with that instead of running around looking for "who" has the chart. I can now be in the chart, when radiology, dietician, social worker, doctor, etc is also in it. Also, I think it has something to do JCAHO.

This is all new to me, for I was just hired at this facility and I am going through the hospital orientation part which includes EPIC training. I'm not even sure what EPIC stands for.(I think it's something like Electronic Patient, Information, C (not sure) I'm sure that they have said it in class a few times but I'm so into learning each module and studying for the test they have at the end. I wasn't paying attention. :o

I am very nervous for EPIC, is going live this Sunday, at my facility. There is alot of information to learn and grasp. I hear or what I'm being told is that eventually that it will be used all over the United States. I just wanted to know what states use them now?

Does anyone use EPIC in there facility? Is anyone currently training to use the system? If so,

1. How do you like it?

2. Is it just a time consuming as paper charts?

3. How did your doctors adjust to using it?

4. How did you and your fellow nurses adjust?

Any input would be great to hear from you!!

Specializes in cardiothoracic surgery.
Thanks NYRN08. So does that mean then that unless you are actually signed on, that you won't be aware of new orders?

You are logging on so much into EPIC throughout the shift, you will have many chances to see that you have new orders. The icon telling you there are new orders should pop up on the first screen.

We use EPIC and it has been difficult for me to learn. But once you get what is suppose to be done, it really is nice. We do everything on the system. It is a system that can be revised. It sounds from what I read a popular system. I am hoping that some day that all of the united states will be on the same system and then the training when going to a new hospital would take no time at all because the person is already familiar with it. The health care costs would go down because there would be access to the tests that were done. I hope that comes about soon. Then maybe insurance would help us more with the costs.

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

Once the bugs get worked out and your system tweeked, you will really like it. It took about a year to totally implement and we were able to build specific things in for NICU. The docs orders are a dream..no more trying to read them, pharmacy orders go right to pharmacy, xray orders go right to xray. Your careplan notes are streamlined. Sure, it takes adjusting, but like anything it take a bit to learn to work with it. Now, 3 years later we don't know how we did it without it!

Specializes in Postpartum, Antepartum, Psych., SDS, OR.

I understand hospitals build their own EPIC programs pretty much. The charting can be very difficult as thre are so many places to do one thing, such as verify orders.....Try to D/C a patient....Wow, it isn't easy. I do love computer charting.

versions of EPIC and the bad versions

I wish we had epic!

we have meditech and we will go live soon with PCS! I hope ill will work out!

Specializes in ICU, ED, Tele, PEDS, Psych, L&D, LTC, URO.

Stay brave you will be ok!

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