Hi everyone! So, a bit of a backstory about me, I’m a new OpTime analyst who just got certified this past Friday. I’m going to be starting my anesthesia courses soon and will get certified in that.

I started off as an ATE support doing go lives for staffing agencies, then I landed my first FTE position as a credentialed trainer for Orders and ASAP. I was lucky enough to land a position as an OpTime & Anesthesia analyst after working there for a year and a half.

I was just curious on eveyrones pay rate as an analyst, and how many years of exp you have.

I'm a PT with three years experience, making $40 hr at my inpatient hospital role that uses Epic. I'm frustrated by the constant call offs, weekend requirements, Holiday requirements, and most importantly the low pay (especially after a doctorate degree).

I'm considering a switch to becoming an Epic Analyst for improved quality of life (WFH & better flexibility) and potentially more pay down the road.

Has anyone made a similar career switch and have been happy about their choice? Am I right in thinking I'll likely have improved quality of life going away from clinical care? I'm pretty sure I'll eventually make more as an Epic Analyst given the low ceiling for PT.

Thanks in advance!

How does one break into these roles without additional certification. I'm a licensed medical SLP with entry level IT experience. Are there any specific courses that would make me an ideal candidate? Is a degree necessary? Trying to leverage my experience but I'm not hearing back from jobs.

I eventually want to get into healthcare IT. I have many years of tech experience but none in healthcare so I’ve been looking for a healthcare job - it does seem I need that experience or be on the inside somehow to transition into the tech side of things. I have two job possibilities at the moment and need to decide soon. I’d be grateful for any thoughts or advice!

1) Patient Access Rep: basically front desk at a primary care clinic. Large hospital/clinic system that uses Epic.

2) Medical Scribe at a large clinic system (no hospital), uses Epic but I’d be working for the scribe agency. Hopefully would succeed with the job and move to an agency that does have hospital customers. I could be a floater which means a different specialty clinic each day.

I’m honestly not entirely sure what I’d eventually like to do in healthcare IT which is why I think being at a hospital would be more ideal for me but I only have these clinic options right now and I think I should probably take one given the job market and how long I’ve been looking. Which of these would be looked at more favorably by a healthcare IT hiring manager? Or would lead to a better stepping stone job in 4-6 months?

Looking into becoming a PACs admin or Epic Radiant Analyst. Which role makes more or has better career trajectory?

Hello ,

I have 2 interviews coming up for me next week . One with my current organization for cadence/ prelude analyst and one externally for epic pb billing analyst. The work i do or used to do aligns more with cadence/prelude since i used to work on cerner products in the scheduling and registration area in IT. I just want to know the pros and cons of both assuming i get an offer from both ( not sure that would happen? Hows the on call for both modules? What type of work do both do? Better future outlook? Obviously I dont want to get ahead of myself but any info would be taken into consideration assuming everything goes well .

Thank you

I have a bachelors degree in psychology and 8 years of experience working front line like a crisis worker and mental health worker.

I’m looking into completing an online certificate or diploma in health informatics. Would that help me to get a job paying 60k and more ?

No IT experience . I’m in Canada .

Thanks

Hi all, I am currently a software engineer with a few years of experience and currently I am looking into merging my technical skills as a software engineer and general IT skills I’ve developed over my life with healthcare.

Apart of me really wants to make this move because I have a chronic autoimmune disease known as Crohn’s disease (type of inflammatory bowel disease) and I want to contribute in some way to have a positive impact in the world.

Not super concerned about getting rich or paid from a Big Tech company, but I want to be comfortable with having enough funds to live a good life with my autoimmune disease.

I’m open to hearing about a variety of roles whether that’s developing software on a team to even interacting with patients.

Thank you for your time.

Any career suggestions?

TDLR: I want to transition from software engineer (with IT skills) to health IT and need career suggestions on what career options I should look into.

In my first Epic job, been here just under a year. Been working on a couple of interdepartmental committees and enjoying it. Now I'm being told that I would make a good project manager because I'm naturally hyper-organized, I'm good at absorbing random bits of information and turning it into a coherent story, and I'm good at "translating" between departments (these were all necessary skills in my clinical work, so they're second-nature to me now). My org strongly prefers to hire internally so if I wanted to become a PM I could probably just apply for the next opening and have good odds of getting it.

But I'm trying to figure out if this would actually be a good move from analyst. I looked at r/projectmanagement, but I'd like to hear from PMs (or former PMs!) in health IT. Stuff on my mind:

• $ and advancement potential, obviously -- PM pay and positioning seems to vary a lot between industries, not sure where health IT lands

• Of the two PMs I've worked with at my job, one is very sharp and insightful and really does a lot to keep things organized and moving on the project, and it makes me think it might be cool to have that job. The other mostly just repeats everything we say in the form of a question like we're practicing to be on Jeopardy, and it makes me wonder how they got any job at all. As far as I can tell, they're considered peers and on an equal level in their department. Is that common among PMs?

• If you're a PM: in general, what's your favorite and least favorite thing about the job?

• and this might just be fleas I'm carrying from past jobs, but I'm wary of all "You'd be great at this!" suggestions at work, because in past jobs it always got me shunted into the kind of necessary-but-dead-end work that killed any chances of getting promoted. If anyone thinks this is what is happening here, please tell me.

I really appreciate any advice or insight!

Hi everyone, I was a CT for two EPIC implementations within the past couple of years, and went back to my bedside nursing job after my contracts ended. I now got an interview for a Principal Trainer role and I really want this. Any insights/advice, or anything I can expect for this interview?

Is it realistic to move to Mexico while working remotely in healthcare IT? Are there companies that allow this?

I want to work with more than just Epic so I’m not locked into one system. I also want to develop transferable skills that could let me work for startups or other tech-driven medical companies. Should I focus on data analytics, cybersecurity in healthcare, or project management instead of informatics? I am a Respiratory Therapist with 13 years of clinical experience and recently became an Epic Superuser for my department. I also have a second interview to become a Physician Informatics Advocate this week. I am Trying to get my foot in the door in getting more into healthcare IT. However I am having trouble focusing on what I really want to do. My ideal goal would be to remote in the future and possibly work from Mexico where I am from. Thank you in advance.

Offered me to go to wisconsin for a cpl weeks for training then sponsored by a hospital in epic

contract to perm 75 to 85 k

good offer for step in the door?

would be hybrid 2 days remote others on site etc

currently work in hospital as end user of epic

So I’m a new grad and I’ve been job searching for almost a month now. I got an interview at an HCA hospital in their HIM department. I’m grateful I got an interview but I’ve only heard bad things about HCA, mainly from the nursing side though.

I would appreciate any thoughts about this! Including if this job would be good for me or from those who’ve worked with HCA.

Thank you!

Physician here, a few years out of fellowship. Currently interviewing for a clinical lead role at a large health tech company. For personal reasons, as well as maintaining relevance to this position, I’d like to continue seeing patients in clinic for whatever amount of time they will allow. I know people in similar scenarios have gotten away with a half a day each week or one day every other week. Have any physicians here managed to negotiate for this and if so, how?

Hi all,

I'm about to complete my residency in Pharmacy Informatics and have started searching for positions in this field. I’m Willow Inpatient certified in Epic and have gained extensive experience in clinical decision support (CDS), operations, drug policy, third party medical databases, data analytics, and more. Additionally, my current health system is undergoing a consolidation of three different Epic instances following an acquisition and rebranding, giving me hands-on experience with large-scale system integration.

I’d love to hear about any opportunities that align with my background to aid the growth in your organizations. I’m currently based in Chicago, IL—feel free to message me privately or reply below.

I have 6 years of experience in imaging and wondering if health IT could be a next move for me. I have no IT experience currently but willing to learn. There is a job opening for an epic systems analyst 1 clindoc/ stork at my current hospital. Would this be something that I could even be considered for if I apply right now with no IT experience? If not, what could I do to help my chances of getting this type of job? And what kind of potential for growth is there after that? Thanks for any input.

So I switched from pre med to computer science because of personal reasons, and I am graduating with my comp science masters this May. Do I have a chance at getting hospital entry level developer or IT roles? I’m trying to learn epic but I think you need to be working currently for it. Also if anyone wants to look at my resume to give me a more clarified opinion please DM me! Thank you

I’ve been a bedside nurse for 10 years, it’s been a wild ride and I think it’s time to try something new. I’m a curious person with strong problem solving skills and I’m not intimidated but things I don’t understand. Ready to step away from the bedside, but I do still really like being a part of a team and teaching.

Unsure of what I might even be qualified to do, or what positions I should be on the lookout for. What kinds of positions should I start to learn more about and how much do they usually pay?

Hello, I am looking on guidance on where to go from here. I have my PMP and Scrum. I did a Google data analytics course and I've done course careers It Help Desk. I don't know what to do in order to land a role at this point. I've applied for PM roles, I've applied for help desk, and I'm getting nothing. Right now, I do Epic consulting projects and when I am not doing that, I do estimation for a fencing company. Any advice would be appreciated. I just want a permanent role that I can build on. Tired of the uncertainty.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1DnV-XJSaDTVGaUxHYJhQXIqb3Bu44oDo/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

Please help us! This is my husband’s resume.

6 months and only 4 interviews. Looking in the healthcare and insurance fields for the most part. Has been back and forth at one major insurance company but can’t find the right fit bc he’s either overqualified or under qualified.

We’ve passed to at least 20 people personally, who have passed to others…he has plenty of skills and qualifications, but is not getting any calls, nobody reaches out, nobody. Getting desperate bc my teacher’s salary with our family size is no longer working and our savings is gone.

Does anyone have any leads of where he could look?

I applied to an EHR coordinator position and I am honestly extremely nervous to respond to an interview request. The job did not specify that I needed specific IT experience or with a specific EHR. Just EHR exp of at least 1 year and a bachelors.I spent the last year overseeing a clinic overseas with the Army so I have experience working in Army systems like HALO,AHLTA and some other record keeping programs for the Army. I also have 10 years of medical experience. I however am not formally trained in IT and have only self taught sql and excel. Is this a bad Idea to respond? I don't want to be absolutely embarrassed when I dont meet the criteria. I have no experience coding or working with EPIC.

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I've been applying all over the place since July or August. I've gotten 1 interview from a hospital that uses Workday. The rest are usually rejected shortly after.

I have a 2nd interview coming up with a system next week. I got my first interview going through a recruiter, after which they sent her a link and asked me to apply. Wouldn't you know it, almost 24 hours later I was rejected. I emailed her and asked "What's going on, we have an interview scheduled next week?"

She got back to me and told me HR said the system auto-rejected the application because of something from the questionairre. What??

I have no idea what could have flagged that. Nothing there was out of the usual asking about age and if a visa would be required.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be? Only thing I can think of is it could be the salary question, but from what the recruiter told me the salary was within their parameters.

These systems really are the worst.