352 Days Left!

In approximately one year, GBMC HealthCare will have one medical record system for all patients, regardless of the setting in which they receive their care. As a Systems Analyst working for The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center, I am looking forward to having one medical record system for GBMC's entire patient population.

Some may agree that our current process for accessing data from multiple sources and compiling this data to create analysis reports is time consuming. However, after previously serving as an Epic Application Coordinator for another medical system, I have experienced Epic and can seriously appreciate the convenience of having one record per patient.

Epic's Reporting Workbench is just one of the tools available that will allow me to access Epic's database for the reporting needs of the Dance Center. The Reporting Workbench tool is a part of Epic's Cogito, which is Epic's embedded analytics or set of tools designed to expand the usefulness of our electronic healthcare infrastructure. We expect that Epic's Reporting Workbench will greatly increase the performance of creating and presenting analysis reports.

Gregory Lee
Systems Analyst at The Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center

Epic Users' Group Meeting Recap!

Did you know that GBMC is one of 27 new organizations in the past year to begin an Epic implementation around the world? Recently, some of GBMC's team members had the opportunity to visit Epic's Users' Group Meeting (UGM) along with more than 17,900 attendees from 11 different countries!

Epic's UGM is an opportunity for organizations across the globe to come together and collaborate to discuss various topics in healthcare, clinical workflows, and prepare for go-live and beyond! Here are some fun facts about UGM 2015:

• Group Meeting Theme: Classic TV. Epic's CEO Judy Faulkner's executive address was based on "I Love Lucy."
• Participants joined in on a Cow Chip Toss, Tug-o-War, a petting zoo and other fun events.
• 104 CEOs from different healthcare organizations attended.
• 800 speakers presented a total of 740 sessions.
• 1,770 tests were completed in Usability Labs, allowing attendees to test out Epic's software with our development team and provide feedback.

We hope the attendees from GBMC learned a lot while exploring Epic's campus, and most importantly, had fun! Luckily, you don't need to be in attendance to benefit from the knowledge presented throughout the week. All you need is a UserWeb Account! All GBMC HealthCare employees can create an account. 

Here are the steps to create a UserWeb Account:

1. If you don't have a UserWeb account, register here.
2. Once you have your account, go to https://ugm.epic.com/ and select "session materials."
• You can search for specific sessions or enter keywords to see what other organizations have presented. If you're interested in learning more, every presentation has contact information on the last slide.
• Work with your Epic partners to schedule a "meet and greet!"

An Experts' Group Meeting for analysts and clinicians will be held April 11-22, 2016 so stay tuned for more as we continue our Epic Adventure together!

Shea Taylor

Implementation Coordinator, Epic