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We compared Epic to what we currently had, and with the direction we wanted to go, particularly...

With Epic's Gold Star program, we're overachievers. We want a 10 out of 10 every time, and that is...

There's slight room for improvement with Epic's support and issue resolution, but they do a really...

We meet with our Epic TS person, and they tell us each year what they're coming out with. Epic...

Epic is really trying to develop in this space. There is more opportunity to flexibly manage the...

The strength of any Epic application generally isn't the application itself but the integration with...

Something lagging in Beacon would be therapy plans in general. When we're manually editing orders or...

When a fellow signs a chemotherapy order that requires a dual provider signature, they have to send...

Epic has fixed multiple things over the years through different upgrades. A couple of things are...

The support from Epic is really good. We have a dedicated Beacon analyst to build out...

With Beacon, specifically with the treatment plans, if we make a change, we can propagate that...

Anytime Epic releases something, we look at it and see whether we think we should use it. Then we...

Beacon meets a lot of our needs. It does a good job of managing chemotherapy, and it is easy to...

Beacon is a pretty flexible application. It allows us to set up lots of different things to meet our...

It'd be very nice if, at some point, Epic would come out with a radiation oncology offering that...

Epic is fabulous. I just have to wait for a certain organization to deploy a lot of the AI...

The out-of-the-box training doesn’t actually focus on things that can cause risk to patients or the...

Most of the time when we are identifying issues, we are dealing with them locally. Our own...

We interact pretty closely with the developers. If there is an issue for which there isn’t a current...

Epic doesn't meet all of our needs, but they are certainly receptive to working on them.

Beacon isn’t the primary radiation oncology treatment software, but Epic is increasingly...

In terms of interoperability, most of our patients are referred from external organizations. A big...

Beacon is clearly the best system that is available. I know that it costs a fortune, and it is hard...

Overall, the move to the cloud has worked quite well. The main issue we have noticed is longer login...

We are using AI. In some areas, we have moved quickly, and in others, it feels painfully slow to...

Epic has rolled out some flexibility and changes in Beacon, including the ability to sign multiple...

I want Epic to move patient information up front, before the protocol plan selection process. Right...

If we have an issue with Beacon that is affecting patient care, the response from Epic is quick; we...

We used to use paper orders in the past, and there was a much higher risk of errors with that. It is...

The training for Beacon comes from the initial implementation. There isn't any ongoing training or...

I would like Beacon to visualize a road map when building chemotherapy treatment plans. We currently...

We have regular partnership meetings with Epic.

We have more ability to customize Beacon than other solutions. We have more flexibility to gear the...

The training from Epic is unique because they train our trainers, and then our trainers train our...

Epic's solutions are unquestionably worth the money, despite what everybody says. We replaced many...

Epic does a really good job with implementation. We are largely self-sufficient. They provide us...

Beacon is meeting our needs. Our challenge is to become better users, optimize Beacon, and continue...

We get great support. I don't just have my BFF and my technical coordinator; I also have...

Beacon is rough when it comes to some integrations, but it is great when it comes to everything else....

We are still having issues with our staff members not being able to see lab orders in the system. We...

I like Beacon because it has a lot of shared information. For example, we can see whether a primary...

Epic's support is okay. When we were working with another vendor, that vendor wasn't only on-site...

We are still working out some of Beacon's kinks, but I think that is more because we have a...

Epic is releasing new tools, but they are a bit slow. Epic's new tools aren't quite as sophisticated...

I think Epic does a reasonable job. They are accelerating their integration options and support....

Beacon's screens are way too busy. It feels like there are 300 buttons on every screen. That makes...

Beacon's integration with our entire medical chart is one of its biggest strengths. Beacon is a...

A lot of Epic's trainings are a bit too generic. That can make it difficult for users to make the...

The challenge with Beacon is that it is not built to reflect our workflows. I understand why, but...

Beacon can be a little bit tricky and complicated to use because of the day schedules that it uses....

The support team and technical personnel from Epic that we work with are actually really good. We...

Beacon does medication configuration for the rest of the system better than other Epic solutions do....

Epic is a tried and true vendor. Most health systems use their solutions. Epic is always coming up...

Beacon is not super intuitive because there are five different ways to do everything. We can do the...

I don't think we would have Beacon if there were unexpected costs. I don't hear our staff...

Epic's whole goal is to constantly put best practices in their solutions so that they can prevent...

Epic is very big on new technology. Epic keeps our organization updated on the best workflow...

From the project side of things, Epic's system has a price tag attached to its checklists when...

Epic's frontline support people who are assigned to each solution have too much on their hands. It...

I like the overall idea of Beacon. It provides our providers with all of the order sets that they...

Epic has a way of doing the same thing in multiple ways, and that way tends to be confusing...

I think that some of Beacon's orders could be improved. One example is with oral chemotherapies....

Everything is going well with Beacon. There are all sorts of IT challenges, especially around...

It would be nice if Epic could find a solution to our road maps and the ability to maintain a road...

I like our relationship with our technical specialist. They are pretty savvy and very available, and...

The protocol build and investigational use have been going really well. Epic is really pushing the...

There is some build within the solution that could allow us to have more options with order groups...

Whenever Epic finds a problem, they send out emails to let us know about patient care concerns,...

Using Epic's systems is great because we can use our dot phrases and pull forward the appropriate...

Beacon's chemotherapy ordering module doesn't offer NCCN-compliant decision support the way our...