All things software - from the northwest corner of the US. http://www.vashonsoftware.com/Home/tabid/36/BlogId/2/Default.aspx en-US blog1@vashonsoftware.com Fri, 18 May 2012 19:16:13 GMT Fri, 18 May 2012 19:16:13 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 4.1.0.0 http://www.vashonsoftware.com/Blogola/tabid/79/EntryId/215/A-More-Realistic-View-of-Epic.aspx <div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://www.vashonsoftware.com/Blogola/tabid/79/EntryId/215/A-More-Realistic-View-of-Epic.aspx" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p><img style="display: inline; float: right" alt="Epic" align="right" src="http://www.epic.com/layout/logo/epic.png" width="115" height="45" /><a href="http://www.epic.com/" target="_blank">Epic</a> is the darling of many electronic health record users: many users have spoken of it positively and certainly the New York Time’s January 15th <a href="http://nyti.ms/yosFhD">Epic Systems, Digitizing Health Records Before It Was Cool</a> article about them lends it high praise – without any criticism. However there are some more frank discussions about the Epic powerhouse. This <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/102493891906301577447/posts/UGrzsUPgv4B" target="_blank">Google+ thread</a>, initiated by the insightful Brian Ahier, has a number of alternate views that counterbalances the NYT’s puff piece on Epic. Also pretty revealing are the views of Epic’s own employees, as can be seen on <a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Epic-Reviews-E35163.htm" target="_blank">GlassDoor</a>, where it only currently rates 2.8 out of 5. (<a href="http://www.Meditech.com" target="_blank">Meditech</a> rates <a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Meditech-Reviews-E15348.htm" target="_blank">3.2</a> and <a href="http://www.cerner.com" target="_blank">Cerner</a> gets <a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Cerner-Reviews-E1242.htm" target="_blank">3.0</a> in contrast.)</p><br /><a href=http://www.vashonsoftware.com/Blogola/tabid/79/EntryId/215/A-More-Realistic-View-of-Epic.aspx>More ...</a> blog1@vashonsoftware.com http://www.vashonsoftware.com/Blogola/tabid/79/EntryId/215/A-More-Realistic-View-of-Epic.aspx#Comments 0 http://www.vashonsoftware.com/Blogola/tabid/79/EntryId/215/A-More-Realistic-View-of-Epic.aspx Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:37:35 GMT http://www.vashonsoftware.comDesktopModules/BlogTrackback.aspx?id=215