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Loyalty, Product
I think there is still room for improvement with Epic Hello World’s quality, but we are getting...
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Operations, Value
Epic’s implementation was amazing. We went live with Epic Hello World in a short amount of time....
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Relationship, Product
There are various levels throughout Epic, and we work with our technical services people who can...
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Value
The only reason I do not feel like I am receiving my money’s worth is Epic is expensive. Epic Hello...
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Culture
There were a couple of things that we didn't necessarily realize were going to add to things, but...
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Loyalty, Value
We transitioned to Epic Hello World for cost savings. When something can be housed within Epic and...
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Operations
There were some changes to Epic Hello World while we were in our project timeline that made some of...
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Product
The nice thing about Epic Hello World is we have a dashboard, so we can see all of the messages that...
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Operations
I would tell a customer implementing Epic Hello World that being successful is mostly a lot of...
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Relationship
The support behind Epic Hello World is great. We have a very good relationship with Epic and are...
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Operations
Epic led the whole implementation process, so we had meetings with them, and they gave us guidance....
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Product
In doing some customization for Epic Hello World, we found that it is very nice because a foundation...
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Operations
The person who ran Epic's implementation group was fantastic. That person was so knowledgeable and...
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Operations, Product
For the most part, building Epic Hello World is fairly simple on the IT side. The office staff...
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Loyalty
Our old vendor's product had a lot of issues and was too costly, so that was why we switched to Epic...
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Value
In shifting to Epic Hello World, we were looking to get more control. That was a big thing because...
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Loyalty, Product
In Epic Hello World, there is something to be desired from a reporting perspective as far as...
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Loyalty
We needed this product badly, and Epic is so at the forefront. From what I saw from the UGM, I think...
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Loyalty, Operations
My advice for other customers is to involve the right stakeholders and people at the beginning and...
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Loyalty, Product
One weakness of the product is reporting. Epic needs to work on the expansion of reporting and...
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Product
Epic's SMS gateway doesn't do non-Epic use cases. We have some clinics that don't use Epic, and they...
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Relationship
Epic has been focusing a lot of effort on the proactivity of their service, and that has been good....
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Operations, Product
There was no integration work needed because everything was native to Epic's system. That took away...
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Operations, Product
Before someone even thinks about implementing Epic Hello World, they have to go through a whole...
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Loyalty, Product
We want to secure two-way SMS texting with patients, but that option isn't currently available at...
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Loyalty, Product
Our organization's strategy is to use the system's app first, but some links end up sending patients...
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Product, Value
We have received a lot of positive feedback about the system's ease of use from both our staff...
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Operations
We had one notification issue that Epic wasn't able to resolve on time, and that ended up delaying...
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Relationship
There isn't a lot that our BFF or technical support people can do about software functionality. Our...
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Culture, Relationship
Epic has kept their promises, but they often deliver those promises later than we expect them to....
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Value
Our lack of receiving our money's worth with Epic Hello World could be on Epic or could be on our...
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Product
We haven't heard any feedback yet from patients regarding Epic Hello World. We are unsure whether...
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Product
We are frustrated because we feel like Epic is the gold standard in healthcare IT, but then we are...
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Loyalty, Operations
I wish I knew the road map of Epic Hello World more deeply and knew how the system will eventually...
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Loyalty, Product
We want to be able to text patients a link to click on for updating insurance information and to...
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Product
The appointment confirmation functionality is really cool. A patient can confirm, cancel, and...
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Product
One of the balance points that we are learning to live with is that the more we can take Epic Hello...
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Loyalty, Product
Epic Hello World is a texting platform, and the Cheers campaigns piece is the only part where we can...
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Loyalty, Product
There is this interesting crossover query between Cheers campaigns and Epic Hello World. I think...
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Loyalty, Product
To be successful with Epic Hello World, it is important for the customer to realize that when they...
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Relationship
Epic has this wonderful idea that they are going to provide the messages and provide them in all...
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Loyalty, Product
When we were using a third-party text-messaging platform, there was a lot of data manipulation and...
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Loyalty, Product
More analytics stuff is coming for Epic Hello World. It is a little later to the game, but early on,...
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Loyalty, Value
Now that we have switched to Epic Hello World, I don't know what our bill is coming out to because...
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Product
There was really nothing we had to do for some of the Epic Hello World features that were already on...
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Product
Early on we were surprised that Epic wanted us to have one short code for everything. Now the vendor...
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Loyalty, Product
We must have Epic Hello World to enable the new digital workflows that Epic is creating. Instead of...
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Relationship, Operations
We were an early adopter, but Epic was there for us the whole way through the implementation. But...
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Loyalty, Product
Epic Hello World is our texting platform in Epic's suite, so it does all of the MyChart ticklers to...
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Product
One outcome of using Epic Hello World is that there is more of an integrated experience for our...
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Product
The opt-out rate for text messages with our patients is higher for us than the average across the...
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Loyalty, Product
Epic Hello World is going into a space where the bar is incredibly low. I believe that this low bar...
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Operations
The implementation documents and workbooks in the solution were a little immature. We were looking...
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Value
With Epic Hello World, we now have texting available to communicate with our patients. However, we...
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Product
Epic needs to improve the user interface for patient communication preferences in Epic Hello World....
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Value
The cost of Epic Hello World is on a message basis, so I think it is on a volume basis. We are...
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Product
The account management portion of Epic Hello World has been a big win. There is two-factor...
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Loyalty, Product, Value
Before we started using Epic Hello World, if a patient had a visit with us and they were not on...
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Loyalty, Product
Epic Hello World had an immediate impact on our organization and patients. There seemed to be an...
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Operations
Epic's training could be better because frontline staff members are now having to spend a lot of...
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Product
For patients, updating communication preferences for the product can be a bit overwhelming. There...
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Operations
We generally felt pretty good about the efficiency of the implementation process. Epic had a good...
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Operations
We weren't offered training for Epic Hello World, but I think we were okay without it. Eventually,...
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Loyalty
We switched to Epic Hello World because it has robust integration with the rest of the Epic...
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Loyalty, Product, Value
Since the product is so new still, it has been hard to measure outcomes quite yet, but so far, it...
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Operations, Product
The biggest learning piece that we had was for our teen patients. For other organizations...
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Operations, Product
The build and configuration are pretty complex, so I don't think the product is really that easy....
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Product
The solution is pretty easy, intuitive, and similar to other texting tools that a lot of our...
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Relationship, Operations
The ongoing training and support from Epic are really good. Epic Hello World’s support in general is...
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Product
The key strength of Epic Hello World is integration within the Epic platform, regardless of which...
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Operations
The technical implementation went fine. We changed short codes as part of the project because of the...
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Loyalty, Product
Epic Hello World works as promoted. It is easy to use. For what we have deployed, Epic Hello World...
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Loyalty
We have an Epic-first approach. We selected Epic Hello World because the out-of-the-box workflows...
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Product
Epic Hello World has really powerful tools for automating or analyzing what is happening within the...
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Product
We seem to be overcommunicating to our patients. The feedback we get from Epic is that we just need...
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Operations
Our implementation was a little rushed, so taking a bit more time on the implementation would have...
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Product
We customized features so the system wouldn’t send multiple reminders out at certain time intervals...
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Product
Things could be cleaner. It is awesome that patients get immediate messages, but they get upset...
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Product
What we use Epic Hello World for is an ancillary feature that is already built into the Epic suite...
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Product
The biggest headache we are seeing with Epic Hello World is when a provider calls in and we move an...
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Product
The integration is key to this tool. By getting in early, we have been able to drive some of the...
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Operations, Product
With Epic Hello World, adding additional languages would also be really nice. We have requested...
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Loyalty, Product
Epic Hello World’s strength is the integration factor within the system. Epic has done a fantastic...
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Value
We were already texting, so there hasn't necessarily been a change in that type of communication...
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Loyalty
We need some things from Epic. I am not sure that this is even on their road map, but some of the...
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Relationship, Operations
I would definitely keep up with the Epic release verbiage for the concepts because if I don't, it is...
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Product
Our experience with Epic Hello World has been very good. We had a few hiccups in the beginning; they...
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Loyalty
We are in the process of implementing campaigns that also use Epic Hello World. They use Epic Hello...
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Operations
Our experience with Epic Hello World has been really good. Epic worked with us through the...
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Value
For our initial go-live for billing notifications with Epic Hello World, the expectation was to...
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Loyalty, Value
Cost is always the number-one factor when we look at new solutions. The cost of Epic Hello World was...
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Operations
I would tell anyone implementing Epic Hello World that operational buy-in is key, so organizations...
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Product, Value
The solution’s key strength is timing. For us in the billing world, we can send texts out quicker...
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Loyalty, Product
The types of notifications in Epic Hello World are great when it comes to the billing notifications,...
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Loyalty
A large reason we chose Epic Hello World is that it replaced tools that required more integration....
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Loyalty, Product
When Epic Hello World was initially implemented, patients were getting one appointment reminder...
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Product
From a data perspective, Epic associates phone numbers with patient records, but the records are...
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Value
Epic Hello World is a texting platform integrated with Epic’s suite, and it is dope. We were able to...
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Operations
The implementation was very big; we were just thinking of moving our appointment reminders from...
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Operations
The implementation was good. We had a really good architect on our side who put it all together, but...
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Loyalty
The decision to go with the product was all motivated by cost. We had been kicking the tires on the...
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Relationship, Operations
We met with a couple of organizations that had gone live with Epic Hello World and were in progress....
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Relationship
When we bring up issues to Epic, they are very open. They listen and tell us whether something is on...
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Loyalty, Operations
Epic Hello World was pretty easy to implement. On the first day, we had a lot of patients thinking...
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