HealthIT

August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: Frequently asked questions

By VUMC News and Communications
August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: Extensive planning, preparation set stage for smooth launch

“If you haven’t been part of an Epic Go Live before, it’s a pretty amazing experience,” said Chris Costello, director of the EpicLeap program, referring to the time period when Epic software goes into production for the first time. “It’s borderline magical.”

By Madison Agee
August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: Epic transition promises benefits for VUMC patients

When eStar goes live in the early morning hours of Nov. 2, the transition process should be largely invisible to the hundreds of patients who will be in the care of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) at the time.

By Madison Agee
August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: eStar training for employees to be ‘all hands on deck’ effort

Training an entire organization on how to use a new computer system isn’t a simple task — especially when it involves adequately training more than 17,000 employees during a span of just 10 weeks.

By Kelsey Herbers
August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: eStar creates galaxy of interconnected applications

In an effort to continue its constant search for ways to enhance patient care, VUMC has embarked on a journey to reach for the future of health care — a new galaxy equipped with the resources needed to take its work to new heights.

By Kelsey Herbers
August 10, 2017

Assembly outlines how Epic aligns with organizational goals

Much more than a just software replacement, eStar, the Epic-based clinical software platform replacing StarPanel, will be the backbone of a new information technology ecosystem for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) that will usher in future successes and create the potential to better serve patients, said Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of VUMC and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Tom Wilemon
July 20, 2017

eSmart portal set to bolster clinical research enterprise

About 250 research staff members attended an EpicLeap for Research Town Hall on Monday to learn what they must do to prepare for the Nov. 2 launch of eStar, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s version of the Epic clinical, administrative and billing software system.
By Bill Snyder
February 2, 2017

‘Bridge’ initiative helps providers track patient care quality measures

Improvements in how patients’ preventive health care needs are identified, documented and tracked are being implemented at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) through an initiative called Bridge, the aim of which is to increase the ability of both VUMC and the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network to deliver care in a more cohesive manner rather than as a series of individual encounters.
By Jill Clendening
January 12, 2017

Denny named to list of top experts in health information technology

Joshua Denny, M.D., M.S., professor of Biomedical Informatics and associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, has been named to an annual list of the 50 leading experts in health care information technology by Health Data Management, a trade news publication.
By Paul Govern
January 12, 2017

Updates announced for EpicLeap’s November Go Live

For the past several months, the EpicLeap team has been hard at work building and designing an ecosystem for clinical, operational and technology needs that will help make care seamless at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
By Madison Agee
January 5, 2017

EpicLeap excellence

The EpicLeap Interfaces team, led by Jameson Porter (far right), leads the design, build and testing of the 160+ interfaces needed for the applications remaining after Go Live to “talk” to the new Epic modules and share information, forming the backbone of a truly integrated system.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 21, 2016

Clinical, administrative, billing systems set to take ‘Epic Leap’

If there were a time for leaders to express enthusiasm and optimism about the project to replace, over the next 18 months, the greater part of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s clinical, administrative and billing software, that time was Monday morning at the project launch.
By Paul Govern
April 21, 2016

Evans lands health IT honor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Nancy Evans has been named one of the most powerful women in health care information technology for 2016 by Health Data Management magazine. In all, 75 women were named to this year’s list.
By VUMC News and Communications
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