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Chandler Katschke
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VP/Other Executive

Epic’s support people are really responsive. We have routine meetings with the technical support...

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VP/Other Executive

Epic is earlier in their CRM journey than other vendors, so they're still trying to meet the needs...

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VP/Other Executive

If I were talking to someone about Cheers, I would tell them that from a business perspective,...

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VP/Other Executive

The training for the system was really good. Epic partnered with us and helped do some shadowing...

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Director

Things are really good with Cheers. We really tried to push for the things that are only available...

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Director

We’ve done self-scheduling campaigns for things like well-child visits and cervical cancer...

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Director

If we want to not only do outreach but also place an order, that's where Cheers shines. For example,...

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Director

Working with Epic has been great. We're fortunate. We hired an analyst, and that was very helpful...

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Director

A nice feature we're looking forward to in the future is dynamic scheduling or capacity-based...

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Director

Some other vendors think of scheduling as Excel based. They have a list of patients and data points,...

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Director

We're looking forward to Epic's voice component, like IVR. Right now, we're using one of our other...

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Director

Epic was transparent in telling us about new things that were pretty expensive across the board....

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Manager

In terms of workflow best practices, Epic doesn’t really have a formal training program, but they...

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Manager

Epic is working on development for Cheers. I don’t think they’re going as fast as we would like....

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Manager

With Cheers, there’s not much customization we can do outside of a couple of things like automation...

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Manager

Epic is technology first. They make sure we get our support. We have a dedicated person to help with...

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Director

We are finally getting some of the things we wanted to see improved in Cheers. One was the ability...

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Director

With Cheers, I like the ability we have to track first-contact resolution and the reasons for...

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Director

When patients call in, we use new cases that have topics and subtopics, so we can classify our calls...

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CMIO

We can get messages through our system more quickly by using the CRM module. We had to tweak it so...

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CMIO

It is a little hard for me to say whether we get our money’s worth with Epic. I would say it is...

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CMIO

With Epic, there are a lot of touch points and a lot of support when we have problems. As an...

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CMIO

Epic is usually on target. Unlike with other vendors whose upgrades sometimes seem like downgrades,...

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CMIO

Cheers is for campaigns. It smartly takes each process. For example, we can write a report, find...

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Director

Epic is widely adopted, especially in our state, where it is used by the majority of large health...

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Director

Epic is sometimes not clear or transparent with ongoing charges.

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Director

The system's capabilities are strong. The plan is to eventually move the perioperative teams over to...

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Director

Epic’s support team requires us to call in and get into a queue, so the response times are not as...

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VP/Other Executive

I think highly of Epic's training overall. There is usually some organization-specific work required...

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VP/Other Executive

In general, compared to the industry, Epic continues to provide exceptional support. That is...

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VP/Other Executive

I think the biggest benefit of Cheers/CRM, like many Epic products, is its native integration with...

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VP/Other Executive

Cheers/CRM has come a long way, but it isn't fully where we need it to be yet. Some of our...

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VP/Other Executive

We recently went through a system implementation, and the experience was very positive. Epic has...

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VP/Other Executive

I like that our CRM system is fully integrated with the other Epic modules. That creates strong...

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VP/Other Executive

The system could have better interoperability with our IVR and telephony system. For example,...

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VP/Other Executive

Epic’s road map aligns well with our use cases. We are not just focused on patient calls; we are...

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Director

We use Epic's training module, but sometimes the videos can be a little generic. I understand that...

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Director

We do a weekly TS meeting with Epic. They are always available if we need them. We use web support...

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Director

I'm pretty satisfied with what we have in our current state and where we are going with the road...

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Director

The solution does what we need it to, but there is a lot of optimization we can move forward with....

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Director

The system's user interface really requires a lot more. It isn't quite as intuitive as I would like.

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Director

The few interactions that I have had with Epic’s support people have been very good. They know what...

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Director

Cheers is the core of our platform and of a lot of our business. It is a complete platform, and it...

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Director

There are a couple of upgrades we would like to see in Cheers. For example, there are things that I...

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Director

Epic saw how we use Cheers, and they are working on a custom development to help us. I'm excited to...

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Director

I'm happy with Cheers. The product quality and the upgrades have been good. Overall, the...

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Director

There was no increase in cost for us to move to Cheers because we already had some teams using it....

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Director

The data in Cheers is not in real time, so we are struggling with the data piece. There is a lag in...

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Director

Epic did an immersion trip for our team, so they shadowed our workflows and gave us suggestions for...

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Director

Epic has always been good to me. Anytime we open a help desk ticket or send an email, I get an answer....

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Director

We moved to Cheers to consolidate our workflows into Epic, streamline the user experience, and...

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VP/Other Executive

There are some things we heard Epic could do that they can't do. Our former product could work...

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VP/Other Executive

We have a several-month lag for anything we have from Epic. As soon as something comes out, we wait...

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VP/Other Executive

Normally, we have a technical specialist for support that Epic assigns to us. Regarding executive...

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VP/Other Executive

Epic has some risk sharing. So if someone achieves things that Epic says that person will achieve,...

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VP/Other Executive

The system is seamless to end users. The end users don't even know what is happening behind the...

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VP/Other Executive

Epic drives tangible outcomes as long as the right people are at the table. A lot of their hiring...

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VP/Other Executive

We would definitely purchase the system, but I would have waited. A lot of the time, we think the...

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VP/Other Executive

The quality of Epic's support depends on who we get. For Cheers/CRM specifically, I don't know who...

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VP/Other Executive

When we started with Epic and were smaller, we got our money's worth without question. Then we...

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VP/Other Executive

We are paying a subscription for everything extra that we are using. Epic is getting money, but they...

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VP/Other Executive

The best thing Epic does is drive outcomes. While Epic can be frustrating, I end up tolerating them...

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VP/Other Executive

Epic definitely doesn't keep all of their promises. The things we see in sales cycles and demos...

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VP/Other Executive

Cheers/CRM has really great internal integration with Epic's other systems. That is what we are...

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VP/Other Executive

I am happy with Cheers/CRM, but a lot of people want more functionality. I feel like Cheers/CRM...

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VP/Other Executive

We have access to another CRM product. We reference that product, but we are kind of persnickety,...

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VP/Other Executive

Epic doesn't avoid charging for every little thing. That is my current grumble with them. We have...

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Director

We would like to have integrations of all channels, including telephones and the AI chatbot, to make...

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Director

Cheers/CRM supports integration, being an Epic product, and I think that is its biggest advantage....

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Director

We are on an old version of the CRM system, and once we upgrade to the contact hub, we are going to...

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Director

The biggest strengths of Epic's CRM system are the ability to capture things outside the medical...

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Director

One annoying thing from the build side was the early version of the CRM system, and I haven't really...

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Director

Our operational reason for rolling out the CRM system was that if a patient called and said that...

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Director

The feedback we initially received about Epic’s CRM module was the nurses saying it had too many...

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Director

The CRM system is not built into everyone's security, and that is a security issue. We have...

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Director

Our own issues with the CRM system are completely related to the fact that there are not enough of...

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Director

The people at Epic and our technical specialists (TSs) in a few specific areas are amazing. We meet...

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