Community Connect EpicCare Ambulatory EHR Commentary
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Eder Lagemann
VP of Engagement
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Product
I think reporting is something Epic needs to work on a bit. There are a lot of reports, but the...
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Product
I do not know if Epic currently does AI, but I know our big push is AI. Our host has rolled AI out...
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Relationship
Whenever we call the host's support team, we are left on hold, and it takes about 30 minutes to an...
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Culture
We want a very detailed quote of everything we are being charged for, because normally, we just get...
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Product
The biggest strength of Community Connect EpicCare Ambulatory EHR is that it’s integrated with the...
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Product
I like how robust the system is. I like that it gives us a great line of sight on real-time data,...
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Operations
Epic’s training is good. The problem is the effectiveness. They offer things, but the follow-through...
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Product
An improvement or enhancement I’d like to see would just be continued integration of AI. Right now,...
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Relationship
Tech support and customer support with our representative are excellent. If we need something,...
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Relationship, Product
The complaints in general with Community Connect are that it is very slow. We go to these...
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Loyalty, Product
The biggest disappointment in Epic is their population health piece. We are vendor locked, so we...
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Product
If I have a bunch of patients with uncontrolled blood pressure, I can put them in a registry, but it...
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Product, Value
The solution works great for us. Our providers have really high satisfaction from our patients, and...
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Relationship, Product
We have special needs where we have to figure out how to do certain reports, but Epic is really bad...
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Value
The cost of healthcare is unsustainable, and we keep getting nickel-and-dimed more. Things keep...
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Value
Epic was a huge investment for us. We wouldn’t go back to paper charts. It works for us because all...
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Loyalty, Product
I always tell people that if they are in an area where their hospitals are with Epic, they have to...
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Product
There’s a disconnect between the software and payer requirements from CMS, Medicare, and Medicaid....
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Loyalty, Product
We have been with Epic a long time, and the solution works just fine for us. We don’t have any...
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Product
The solution is less customizable than expected. Some workflows do not align well with rural...
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Product
We have greater access to newer capabilities compared to Cerner. Ambient speech technology for...
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Operations
Our initial Epic training was strong. The quality declined after our transition to the firm that...
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Relationship
The vendor's support people are less accessible and slower to respond. Tickets can take up to three...
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Value
Epic is really expensive, but they are also the best option out there. We know that. It is just hard...
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Loyalty, Relationship
There are some issues with our host site's support due to a ticketing system conversion, but I know...
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Product
The product's biggest strength is its ability to schedule all of our clinics in one system and have...
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Operations, Product
Epic's system is built for a larger organization, such as our host site. We are able to take what...
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Culture, Value
We pay a flat fee to our host for the system. If we are talking about Epic, the vendor, I would say...
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Product
The product is reasonable and okay in and of itself, but the Community Connect concept is a disaster...
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Relationship, Value
For Community Connect, I don’t think Epic is really interested in creating a product that is useful...
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Relationship
I think our host wasn’t prepared to be a host. Our host aimed to become a host for multiple...
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Operations
The system is so infinitely customizable that the training materials produced by Epic often don't...
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Relationship
The quality of support is pretty decent. The user web is pretty extensive. Epic seems to have TS...
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Product
A lot of people, like the host’s analysts, understand only a tiny slice of the system, and the...
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Loyalty, Product
The system is crazy complicated. It can be configured all sorts of different ways, and if the host...
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Product, Value
The benefits we have seen from using multiple solutions from Epic on the ambulatory side have been...
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Relationship, Value
Epic has had some challenges with getting updates in a timely manner due to resources, so there have...
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Product
Epic is a thought leader. At least in our state, Epic has become the de facto EMR that is used...
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Relationship, Product
When it comes to recommendations for improvement, Epic should focus on efficiencies with clinical...
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Product
The benefits of using the solution are integration and information exchange because so many groups...
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Value
Our host seems to always have a price tag for something if it is not within scope. If something is...
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Relationship
When it comes to support, our host tries, but I sometimes feel like they don't always get us to the...
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Loyalty, Product
Community Connect EpicCare Ambulatory EHR meets a majority of our needs, but there are a few things...
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Product
With Epic, we get what works generally across the board for everybody, not for each client...
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Product
We get reports from the system. We don't have to try to build reports. They are there for us. The...
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Product
We have our own version of Epic's system, and other health systems have their own versions. Even...
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Value
Community Connect EpicCare Ambulatory EHR is less expensive than the system we were using before. As...
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