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Beacon does a really good job with patients who are in treatment. So typically, there would be IV...

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Beacon is a little complex. It is just a sophisticated system that requires thorough training.

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Our ongoing technical support for Beacon has been pretty good. Epic has been consistent. However,...

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Epic is really great with executive involvement. I have access to and good relations with anyone...

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As part of the up-front package with Epic, we get support. But we have to pay extra for ongoing...

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The users love Beacon. It definitely helps the flow of the special workflows.

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Epic keeps the software up to date. A perfect example has to do with the COVID-19 crisis this past...

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I don't know why Epic has'nt gotten into radiation oncology. Maybe they have, and I just don't know...

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Beacon is easy to use, and it is probably the workflow process between the offices and here. It...

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Therapy plans are a nightmare for providers to put into Beacon. I am assuming that treatment plans...

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We have liked the system. It continues to do well and meet our needs. We were very used to our...

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We have ongoing training with Epic. They are on the ball. We have almost daily contact with the...

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It takes a little more time to build treatment plans in Beacon than it does in other systems. We...

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Epic is really good at not overpromising. We have made a lot of enhancement requests. Sometimes, we...

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The best and worst thing about Epic's systems is that there are 100 ways to do the same thing. That...

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Some of Epic's technical support representatives are right out of college. I have a pretty strong...

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I like that there are so many different ways to find what we need in the product. If I want to know...

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The safety checks in Beacon are exceptional. They are probably one of the product's best features. I...

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Beacon works as it is supposed to, and it meets our needs. We would like it to do a little more. It...

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Epic is just so big. From an Epic standpoint, radiation oncology has historically been looked at as...

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Beacon definitely helps us take advantage of the physician order entry process to ensure everything...

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Beacon’s integration is pretty good. We would have liked to have seen greater functionality around...

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Sometimes the functionality that Epic pushes out with the upgrades is not meaningful. The...

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The product works well. It is far better than the previous product we had. The treatment plans are...

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I would like to see the therapy plans in Beacon get a little better. There are some issues between...

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Epic is really good about getting back to us and working through issues pretty quickly. The ongoing...

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A module is coming out, but in order to implement some of the build, there will be additional costs...

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The initial training for Beacon was bad. The training all depends on the level of customization a...

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We get something new from Epic about every quarter. I look forward to the updates because there is...

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I would tell others about the features and benefits that Beacon offers with the safeguards and...

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I like that Epic reaches out and tells us what they are thinking about and working on. They like to...

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When our Beacon team comes to us for an implementation, the team members don’t always know the...

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Cancer care is not easy, and cancer physicians can be difficult. They are all under time pressure. I...

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Training is a new world ever since COVID-19. Up until last March, Epic had a very conservative...

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Epic is about to launch a full browser-based environment. They have been admittedly slow at doing...

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The Epic executives are very involved with their customers. I don’t know how they do it. I don’t...

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The tangible outcomes, of course, are whether we are ultimately secure. So Beacon does everything I...

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I am not aware of Epic having a radiation oncology product. That has always been a pain point. Epic...

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One of the challenges when we do research is the integration with the research module. The medical...

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Epic’s quarterly releases have been good. When there were major annual releases, those were big...

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The licensing metrics for Epic are very easily understood. They go by volume, so they are done...

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We have a few projects there that we are using Epic for, and we have been really successful with...

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I would caution others looking into the system. That warning is mostly geared toward what others are...

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Epic’s system has so many different views based on our specialty and whether someone is a doctor or...

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There are different trainers for different parts of the system. It is sometimes hard to get ahold of...

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Beacon is fairly easy to use. Putting plans in and making modifications are simple. I like the ease...

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When we get updates, we sometimes don’t get any information. We just know that there is an update...

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Beacon is a very complex module, but it does provide a lot of good information. People have to get...

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There is some mild misrepresentation in regard to Epic naming this product as a single system; it is...

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Beacon has some very good features. Epic has done a lot to improve the integration of services...

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I don't like Epic’s approach to the treatment of oncology patients on the inpatient side. Beacon is...

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The most recent issue with the upgrade is that the alert colors are hardwired, and those colors are...

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There are some challenges with the integration when it comes to radiation oncology and our...

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We push the envelope with Beacon in our cancer center. Epic helps us do this and accommodates our...

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I think Epic sees us as a small entity. We would like to have more help with development. We have a...

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It is hard to define nickel-and-diming with Epic. With Epic's model, we pay one lump sum fee, and...

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The implementation was good, and the overall product quality is good. Beacon meets our current...

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There are a few issues we have seen with Beacon. I am not sure there were great solutions for Epic...

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I like that Beacon ties into all the other Epic products.

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Beacon seems to be lacking some abilities to streamline the way that physicians actually do their...

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