Comments on: News 7/29/09

By: Big J

Big J — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:35:05 +0000

Hilo purchase of Meditech. No surprise there, consultant that helps them choose Meditech then gets the contract for installing it. Great job Money Atwal in another RFP process that was a waste of time. Should have saved your facility the time and money and just went with Meditech.

By: xmeditecher

xmeditecher — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:35:22 +0000

my point is that neither one of the vendors is known for their integration (willingness) prowess

EPIC is 10^10 times better at it than MEDITECH. The functionality and ease of use of EPIC GUI Bridges is lightyears ahead of MEDITECH Inbox/Outbox.

To be honest MEDITECH MAGIC is orders of magnitude better the MEDITECH C/S when it comes to interfaces.

By: blah

blah — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:38:11 +0000

EPIC has a framework for interfaces that is 100% customizable. If you have the right people in house you can connect to pretty much anything.

That’s both the great thing and the bad thing about EPIC. Its amazingly customizable, some say too customizable.

By: Captain Hook

Captain Hook — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:14 +0000

We have actually found them to be willing and able to create connectivity to outside systems. We have found that the complications are coming more from the third-party systems than from Epic.

By: Peter Pan

Peter Pan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:06:37 +0000

Cpt. hook, I agree with you on the Epic > Meditech argument; my point is that neither one of the vendors is known for their integration (willingness) prowess, not to mention they are not leaders in the Rev Cycle/HIM areas.

Since you ar elooking to create a fully integrated environment, how did your org address any potential integration points?