Comments on: News 7/11/08

By: Bob from Accounting

Bob from Accounting — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:53:45 +0000

In response to a 7/1/2008 comment:

From Mary Shelley: “Re: Epic. I heard that someone is using some kind of peer-to-peer alternative to RHIOs that Epic created. Any details?” I know they had developed some kind of information exchange add-on that a couple of hospitals were trying (it only works between Epic sites, I think), but I haven’t heard anything lately. It’s kind of interesting, but only in a town where big Epic customers dominate the market.

This will be used at CHOP and I believe it is Data Courier – will allow date replication between build environments and possibly outside. Could be potentially used for THIO’s that are all Epic Compliant

By: Timmy D

Timmy D — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:11:03 +0000

Thanks for the update on CareEverywhere. You are right that my information is very outdated – I was only on the peripherary of any careeverywhere installation although I was very impressed that Epic was able to put it together. It is indeed very confusing as I recently was talking to a couple of Epic TS people and they had a really hard time explaining it as well. Also EpicWeb…. which I guess is a Web Based interface for the Epic frontend? They had no idea what that was either I dont blame them there are so many products its probably hard to know your own that you are responsible for without understanding all the others.

By: Care Somewhere

Care Somewhere — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:49:20 +0000

Timmy D is describing what Care Everywhere was. This product was renamed to Care Everywhere Enterprise and eventually to Intraconnect. This is essentially a way for a single (large) organization to link multiple Epic database servers together to act as a cohesive whole.

EpicWatch is describing what Care Everywhere is today. This is meant to link servers owned by different organizations to share patient data between them. Sounds similar, but the restrictions on the usage are completely different.

Hope this clears things up a bit. Care Everywhere has to be the most confusing brand Epic has ever come up with…

By: Killer Monsoon

Killer Monsoon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:25:01 +0000

As a former Sage (WebMD ) employee this is no surprise.

“Today’s realignment continues the focus on addressing client priorities and service. As part of the restructuring, many cross-functional, internal electronic data interchange (EDI) positions – including support and clearinghouse development – will consolidate under a single business leader to spur innovation, increase speed to market and coordinate faster response in support.

Wow all it takes to improve customer service is reducing staff. Maybe Sage should reduce headcount further to improve customer service.

I thought Sage’s sales had done a dead cat bounce and were headed up!

By: Timmy D

Timmy D — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:57:40 +0000

PS About knowing who you are…. if you listen to that eclectic music while you are in the office it seems like it would be easy for any of your employees to guess you are Mr. H if they read the blog…. I have never heard of much of the music you listen to and that seems like a good way to tie you to who you really are