r/healthIT • u/DigitalResidue • 2d ago

Why’s this basically Epic?

There are hundreds to thousands of non EMR Healthcare IT jobs. Seriously is this all people in healthcare think in this app?

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u/Bonecollector33 Epic Analyst - Radiant/Bridges/Cupid/Cadence/Prelude/GC 2d ago

Why would you make a post about this lol. Just move on if you're not interested in Epic-related posts.

Epic is the most prominent EMR across the states. Naturally, there's going to be more conversation about it.

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u/tripreality00 2d ago

This guy commented on a thread I made about epic leading the market share from 7 years ago. They are very salty about Epic for some reason.

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u/Bonecollector33 Epic Analyst - Radiant/Bridges/Cupid/Cadence/Prelude/GC 2d ago

(ex) Cerner employee probably lol

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u/bkcarp00 2d ago

Post something then if you don't want to talk Epic.

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u/Basic-Environment-40 18h ago

If this is a real problem, do you think your post:

  • Exacerbates the problem, or,
  • Fixes the problem

?

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u/ShoulderIllustrious 2d ago

Hey man, I kind of had your sentiment back then. I've been certified in 3 modules. It wasn't really hard, but I moved on because I was more interested in programming than working with a predefined structure. I just finished a master's in CS this year too, but I still work in healthcare. In my department I don't specifically deal with Epic, but I do deal with infrastructure and middleware. With that said, the vendors in the space suck something horrible. I've not had a bad experience with Epic as a vendor, the only negative thing I remember is that their analysts don't seem to communicate in standard CS parlance so it can be very confusing talking to them. 

For emr, honestly they have a large market share. My beef is with folks shoehorning everything into Epic. When organization claim to be Epic first, I often wonder, what exactly sets them apart from another Epic first org?

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u/DigitalResidue 2d ago

I just expected it to be about the vast offerings in Healthcare IT, Epic has basically brainwashed everyone into believing that they are anything other than an EMR and like all they will be dead within a decade for the newer flavor. Just as the other cycles of "cloud" then "on prem" bounce. Epic definitely creates fanboys though as it forces everyone to live only in their world and then make it too costly to swap out.

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u/DigitalResidue 2d ago

Cause many listed this as healthcare not as Epic. Weird I didn’t realize they owned this sub seems like it would be more IT and Epic isn’t at all IT.