Comments on: News 1/14/09

By: oneHITwonder

oneHITwonder — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:08:17 +0000

Wow, it is very interesting how people read something into what you write…please re-read my post. I was sharing an experience that I had at a Sutter hospital as a family member of a patient. I said that I thought the “e-charting” reference that a nurse made to me was an Epic reference. I did not bash Epic. I did not bash Sutter. I did not bash Eclipsys. So…”ehr Implemener” I did not “jump to inaccurate conclusions”.

I think that this industry is lacking in having a benchmark/example of the perfect, successful implemetnation and maybe there will never be one. ALL implementations, especially the scope of Kaiser and Sutter are frought with incredible complication (not bad, just complicated). Physicians are independent spirits and are difficult to herd. Different facilities have different cultures. Change is hard for many people, technology change is especailly intimidating. Oh, and I also think that every implementation is different. You can have an “implementation recipe”, but unless you are willing to be creative along the way and adjust to what is happening life will become very dreary.

I imagine that Epic IS great to work with, otherwise they would not have the luxury to choose their clients, like they currently do.

So, next time you comment on a post, please make sure YOU dont jump to inaccurate conclusions.

By: Soulshine

Soulshine — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:00:11 +0000

Reviewed your comments on Medicity/Novo merger. I have to say that after 9 months and 3 failed implementations at a current client I have reservations on putting too many accolades out for them. No live dates have been hit and once live the exerience is that miinimal functionality provided creating huges issues with the medical communities.

By: ehr implementer

ehr implementer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:49:45 +0000

Need to clarify above comment…meant to say that Sutter had not implemented Epic at ANY acute care facility…not that it didn’t have previous installs
sorry if confused

By: ehr implementer

ehr implementer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:48:22 +0000

Hi, I must say that oneHITwonder jumped to a whole of inaccurate conclusions.
In fact Sutter has not implemented ANY EHR in the hospital setting to date. Mills Peninsula Health services in Burlingame is the first acute care facility to go live. that is scheduled for April 2009 and is not behind at all. The project is charging forward with no current conversations heard of any delay.
Epic has been GREAT to work with.

Check your facts oneHITwonder before you bash.

By: Vendor Observer

Vendor Observer — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:18:00 +0000

Is it any wonder that UHIN did not choose Medicity the vendor in their back yard? Once one actually sees what works then the only logical choice is the vendor known for it’s lizard