Dorothy (Home Health) Commentary
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Epic is really awesome with executive involvement, and they provide exceptional support. I know it...

Jan 2025
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Value

Dorothy costs us a lot, but we do get a lot out of it. A lot of the training for Epic is on us, but...

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Epic has dedicated people who work on the financial-reporting side of Dorothy, and that side is...

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Director

Operations

When we have upgrades, Epic is very good about letting us know what is coming. We get Nova Notes,...

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Director

Operations

Our go-live for Dorothy a few years ago was exceptional and outstanding. I had an expert consultant...

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Director

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We have to train our new Dorothy end users for hours, and sometimes they need a double training.

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Director

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There are tools in Dorothy to get anything we want, and the system is a premier EMR. I don't know...

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Director

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Epic is a great partner, and they are very easy to work with. Through the release notes they...

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Manager

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We came from another product, and that product was nice and easy for the clinicians. Our clinicians...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

I would say Epic keeps promises, but there is a caveat; all vendors deal with this in that they keep...

Jan 2025
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Director

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We have problems with Rover because we are in a very rural area, so we don’t have cell phone service...

Nov 2024
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When we had a state survey, the surveyors said it was too bad that we went to Dorothy because it is...

Nov 2024
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Director

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Epic doesn’t regularly deliver anything that meets my needs. I don't see any changes happening...

Nov 2024
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Director

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Epic’s people are nice people. I don't want to bash the people, but we had no way to do things...

Nov 2024
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Director

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When we acquired another home health agency, Epic started a brand-new build for them instead of...

Nov 2024
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Director

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I hope that we get the care plans that we have asked to be built into the system, and I hope that we...

Nov 2024
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Director

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EVV is an absolute disaster with Dorothy. It doesn't go through, and it doesn't work. Epic knows...

Nov 2024
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Director

Loyalty, Product

We found that there were no hard stops for documentation in Dorothy. We had to scour the charts...

Nov 2024
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Director

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Our finance department is struggling with the reporting feature in Dorothy. I don’t hear anything...

Nov 2024
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Director

Relationship, Product

From a regulatory standpoint, Dorothy brings in too many risks. For example, the plan of care needs...

Nov 2024
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Director

Relationship

The support from Epic is horrible. The main office will hand our problem off to our local people,...

Nov 2024
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Manager

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I'm a little buffered from actually working with the Epic TS. I have some interaction with a TS...

Sep 2024
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Manager

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For us it is challenging because we are not necessarily on Epic's foundation. We built a lot of...

Sep 2024
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Nurse

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

I can't really think of any challenges that we have had with Dorothy. Epic has been doing a really...

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Nurse

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There isn't a way for us to document SMART goals in the system. Those goals are part of a new push...

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Nurse

Product

I would like to see how the improved scheduling abilities work in Dorothy. We still feel like it...

Sep 2024
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Nurse

Product, Value

Having the ability to see information across the entire spectrum of our organization is a strength....

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Nurse

Relationship, Product

We have to tweak things quite a bit with the financial reports in Dorothy, like proofs. When we run...

Sep 2024
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Director

Value

There are minimal charges with Dorothy. I think part of it falls under our ambulatory license.

Sep 2024
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Director

Loyalty

In general, leaders in home health want to have information at their fingertips so they can help...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

I know for sure the executive leader of this group would have said they wouldn't buy Dorothy again...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

Code status is a big thing for home health and hospice to have documented. We have made some...

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Director

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We are mostly using another Epic system for electronic visit verification. There are always...

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Director

Relationship, Product

Epic could improve some minor order-related things and update the medication lists. But Epic has...

Jun 2024
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Director

Relationship

When we have a concern with Dorothy, we usually put in a work order and tell Epic what our issue is,...

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Director

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One of the biggest reasons we like using Dorothy is the interface with our electronic medical...

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Director

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We switched to Epic because we weren’t integrated across the board with our previous vendor. That...

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Director

Relationship, Operations

We have a great team from Epic that is very present, and they give us overviews of upcoming upgrades...

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CIO

Loyalty, Product

Dorothy is still maturing. It is one of Epic's newer applications, and it is a work in progress. For...

May 2024
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CIO

Loyalty

We had no limitations going into Dorothy, but we wanted to stay committed to iOS and Android. We...

May 2024
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CIO

Product, Value

The best part of the system is the way it handles some scheduling changes. It is able to route our...

May 2024
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Director

Product

Dorothy is complicated to use, and reporting can be a struggle. There are a lot of areas to go to...

Mar 2024
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Director

Loyalty, Relationship

Dorothy has its benefits, but for our type of business, it is a bit of a struggle. Epic does try,...

Mar 2024
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Analyst/Coordinator

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Dorothy is pretty expensive. Some of the data charted in the solution is a little hard to access. It...

Feb 2024
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

Dorothy is good at following Medicare regulations and other regulatory guidelines. Epic has a good...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Operations

The implementation was good. It was smooth. I thought we would have a lot of hiccups during the...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Operations

We are still trying to figure Dorothy out. For end users, Dorothy was a little hard in the beginning...

Feb 2024
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Manager

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My experience with Epic’s support team is a little more difficult than my previous experience with...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Loyalty, Product

Dorothy is all over the place. Epic is all over the place. Homecare facilities are using Dorothy...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

Dorothy’s financial reporting is much better than it was in the past, but there is still potential...

Feb 2024
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Director

Loyalty, Product

Only some of our staff members can manage all of their care on a mobile device. The others can do a...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

Dorothy is not designed for us; Epic just adapted their existing record for home care. For example,...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

The visibility within my hospital is great because the internal integration of Dorothy is great.

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

Messaging between instances of Dorothy requires an entirely separate account. For instance, if I am...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product

Our clinicians who are using Dorothy are more adaptable than those who use other Epic products, and...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

Things are going better with Dorothy than in the past, but we still need to optimize the record. We...

Feb 2024
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Director

Culture, Relationship

Epic is pretty good at doing what they say they can do, but their promises are limited.

Feb 2024
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Director

Value

Our state has a regulation that we have to comply with, and our state has chosen to implement things...

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Director

Product

Epic doesn’t know anything about home health or hospice, and they mess things up when they are in...

Feb 2024
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Director

Product, Value

Because of Dorothy, our things are more visible on a system level. So the solution has been...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Product

With Dorothy, I like the integration with the hospital and the clinical documentation.

Feb 2024
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Manager

Operations

I like the training preparation that Epic gives us. It is predone, so we don't have to create all...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Relationship

I would like the ability to have phone support from Epic in addition to just online support. We...

Feb 2024
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Manager

Operations

For Dorothy, I like the training, and the work queues for the workflow are good.

Feb 2024
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