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Politics and Epic

Posted: Oct 9, 2014

http://nypost.com/2014/10/09/an-ebola-goof-and-an-obama-crony/

Citing major problems with Epic and it's connection with the administration.

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Let's just get it out of the way - Benghazi - nm

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Benghazi and Obama and Epic - Scandal!

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Epic Systems:

1979: Human Services Computing Inc. is launched by Judith Faulkner and several partners at 2020 University Ave., with 1.5 employees. It snags early contracts for data analysis with state and local governments and the UW psychology department.

1983: The company introduces Cadence, a software program for scheduling patients. Now with nine employees, it is renamed Epic Systems Corp.

1985: Annual revenues hit the $1 million mark.

1986: Epic relocates to larger offices at 5609 Medical Circle.

1987: Resolute, a system that connects scheduling with billing, is introduced.

1989: Epic signs a key account, Harvard Community Health Plan, for its Cadence system, beating out much larger vendors.

1990: Employee total: 29.

1992: EpicCare, the industry's first Windows-based electronic medical records system, is introduced.

1994: Epic buys and dramatically refashions the old Odana School, 5301 Tokay Blvd., as its new headquarters.

1995: Employee total: 133.

1997: EpicWeb, the foundation product for a suite of Web-based health-care IT programs, is introduced; the company reports $30.9 million in revenue, more than half from EpicCare sales.

1998: Epic offers improved in-patient software to complement "ambulatory" out-patient programs, allowing health-care providers to integrate these applications.

2000: MyChart, which gives patients access to their medical records, is introduced. Epic now has 400 employees and sales reach a reported $50 million.

2001: Hyperspace, which improves the interface between the numerous Epic programs, is introduced.

2002: Epic begins construction of new headquarters west of Verona, 1979 Milky Way.

2003: Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest non-governmental health-care provider, picks Epic as its core vendor in a $1.8 billion IT project. For the fourth year, KLAS Enterprises, an independent IT reviewer for health-care clients, recognizes Epic for having the highest-rated software applications.

2005: Employee total: 2,050.

2006: Epic's revenue is reported at $420 million. Epic Europe is launched in the Netherlands.

2007: KLAS places seven Epic products in its top 20 IT programs; no other vendor has more than two. Revenue is reported at $502 million.

2008: Now with 3,000 employees, Epic begins construction on a second phase of its Verona campus.

Well, there it is, plain as day. - me

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I see the connection between Obama, Epic, and Benghazi right there.

Although it is kind of cool Epic was started by a woman. I didn't know that.

Epic was fine until - sm

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Obamascare came along.

Interesting post! In 1992, when EpicCare was - introduced, is when the - sm

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medical facility I worked for bought it, embraced it, and several of the doctors I typed for took me aside and warned me that the ultimate goal of all this was to eliminate the medical transcription department. He predicted it would happen within the next 10-15 years. He was pretty close. Meanwhile, during that period of transition, our lives as MTs quickly deteriorated from valued members of the facility's workforce to outcasts and scapegoats. We were blamed for absolutely EVERY mistake, even when the mistake was due to EpicCare, not our transcription. We were moved off-site, and no longer included in the hospital's holiday party or summer parking-lot barbecue. We were no longer paid overtime, and our healthcare benefits, which used to be outstanding, were whittled away to next to nothing.

Unfortunately, that healthcare facility is where I still get my healthcare, since they take Medicaid if you're still with your original PCP, which I am. Epic still screws up my record: Lists allergies I don't have, medications I'm allergic to as still being viable options, and bills me more than once for the same visit, even though I paid, which means multiple correspondence to clear things up. Epic sucks.

$420 million, $502 million...... - Our money

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Because Epic founder is in the pocket of Obama, her company got billions through the healthcare act - and that money came from us, the taxpayers - when that happens, the company should become nonprofit - since it is supposed to be helping the healthcare industry.
As for the mistake in Texas - holy cow - if you are a transcriptionist working with EMR or voice recognition - you know there are any number of ways that the information didn't get through correctly - we deal with this every day on every report we do.

Guess NY Post didn't - get the memo

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Malpractice 101. Blame anything and everything you can think of for screwups except the medical staff, administration or the hospital. Did they really think whining about how EHR didn't tell them about the travel history would get them out of the hot seat? Nurse fails to communicate by PHONE or in person. Docs fail to read nurses notes. Texas Presbyterian must have realized somewhere along the way how transparent their lame excuse really was and that they'd never get away with trying to float this narrative in the long run. They issued a "correction" of their original statement blaming an EHR flaw for their case mismanagement in a retraction 3 days ago.

For those trying to create what has to be one of the shortest Obama pseudoscandals on record, try not to take it too hard.

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/dallas-hospital-retracts-statement-blaming-ehr-for-ebola-release/317471/

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This is interesting - wish I worked for them

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Too bad Epic didn't hire us......

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