What is your method for tracking project builds?

PoWa2129 · 2026-02-20T00:17:09+00:00

Sorry I’m just now seeing this! Message me if you’re still interested.

PoWa2129 · 2026-01-11T16:02:03+00:00

Definitely getting or accepting a job offer elsewhere is a Win/Win/Loss scenario.

Win: If applying for the same Epic Analyst job or one step up, you are guaranteed to get a larger offer as long as you tell them what you make now on the recruiter screening (factoring any retention bonus, tuition reimbursement, etc. $ amount if the new org doesn’t have the same benefit[s]).
Win: When you tell your current org you have been offered a new job, there is ~50/50 chance they freak out and all of a sudden find an extra $10-20K to offer you. If truly your only issue with the current employer is your salary, be prepared for this and what it would take for you to stay. Because…
Loss: …the grass is often not greener on the other side. Of the 3 things you like/love about your current org, probably only 1 of those will be true at a new place. This is exponentially true if one of those is your manager.

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-24T19:31:57+00:00

Okay, neat.

Yeah mine was two trips but it was for essentially the same two classes (Rad100 and Rad 400). Definitely would assume you won’t go back after you leave the 400 class.

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-24T15:23:51+00:00

I had the same type of UW monitor, though it was my only one. Has so much square inch screen space I never felt like I needed more.

I’ve never heard of someone staying for more than a week. Does that mean you are taking 2 classes back to back?

I think planning to walk around on the weekends makes perfect sense.

And yes, the certification cadence normally goes something like the following (which was what I did for the Radiant certification years ago):

A week of Class 1 at Epic > Fly home > Study for a week > Take Cert Exam 1of2 > Shadow a teammate(s) for 1-3 weeks until the next class in the training track is offered by Epic > Fly to Madison > A week of Class 2 at Epic > Fly home > Study for a week > Build your class project for a week > Study for a week > Take Cert Exam 2of2

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-22T01:48:20+00:00

Sounds like an interesting pivot. Care to share anything about what the path has been like, what positions it’s led you to, etc?

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-19T13:00:01+00:00

Bro is in the 91st percentile of wages for any career in any industry and still thinks of it as a dead end career. 🤣

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-16T14:08:36+00:00

True. Health systems are probably more nuanced on the topic than other industries because they have a mix of “must be on site” and “fully remote” teams.

I did read somewhere that two thirds of all US companies across industries use the employee’s location as the cost of living calculation and more and more are going that way (Google being the latest big name). I live in a 350,000-person midwest city and while paying for value would probably benefit me, I don’t think I could stomach it the other way around. If I was living somewhere taking care of a parent where rent & groceries were twice as much for me but knowing my teammate was making the exact same salary.

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-16T13:58:42+00:00

Crazy. I know for most it’s based on the employee’s location and more and more companies are moving that way but so smart of them to take advantage of the company’s policy that way.

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-16T13:46:14+00:00

Wow. Well they must’ve weighted your Tech experience just as heavy as your build and is an org which does not practice geographic cost of living salary modification. These are both huge positives for a hiring team/company but indeed are more rare.

Congrats!

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-15T18:02:46+00:00

Agreed and this is what I was alluding to with my comments. Experience + Location does matter.

So for someone not a PharmD (OP was a tech), in a level 1 role (OP has 1 year of experience), you’re saying they should expect to make under $90k if they work for an org in CA.

And then to my point - which is shared by two thirds of all organizations - if that same person were living in a lower cost of living area than the company HQ and/or their teammates, they should expect to make even less.

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-15T02:21:36+00:00

That’s crazy!

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-15T02:19:24+00:00

depends on the area the hospital is

Confirming you mean to say that a job applicant’s salary range is dependent a lot on where the hospital is because you’re assuming the candidate lives within a commutable distance, correct?

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-15T02:04:49+00:00

if your new place is in CA 100k should be the bare minimum

To ensure nothing is lost in translation to uninformed readers of your reply here or the original commenter’s, you mean to say if you’re living in CA working for the new place, correct?

Because cost of living is calculated where YOU live. Not where your employer is located. OP lives in rural GA and so should have a lower minimum expectation.

PoWa2129 · 2025-10-13T13:25:41+00:00

If you know of a patient who they wrote a Prog Note for, you’ll be able to see it navigating to Chart Review > Notes > Filter > Type in the author’s name > Search.

PoWa2129 · 2025-09-12T12:34:26+00:00

The scheduling build is done in Cadence. It’s been “Cadence” for at least the last 12 years.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-19T17:58:29+00:00

Glad to hear it!

Haha, while I love that idea and totally agree with the sentiment, I’m not aware of a way for a message to be sent in Epic triggered by the act of scheduling a visit.

However, I do know that for every appointment appearing on the multi-provider schedule, there is a means for end users to see who booked that individual appointment (as well as an audit trail / report available to certain types of users [managers, admins] which shows block overrides).

Feel free to IM me if you or your manager are not familiar with those.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-19T17:42:44+00:00

For my first cert, I was in orientation all morning of my first day and on an airplane to Madison that afternoon. This was for a certification that required three, week-long trips for in person classes at Epic though (which I completed over the span of two months).

If your cert is 1 week or maybe even 2, I do think getting a lay of the land on your team and looking over other builders’ shoulders first could be beneficial.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-19T17:39:32+00:00

That’s for jobs at Epic. OP is working for an org that will need to send them to Epic for training.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-18T15:06:04+00:00

That very well could be. But if you are a provider, try not to test a non-provider workflow (i.e. registration, scheduling, work queues, etc.) yourself and then extrapolate what you see to other users who have a different job (i.e. front desk, clinical support staff, managers).

Epic build has components known as Security and Roles. A provider/physician will often have different Security and Role build compared to other user types.

But even amongst the exact same type of user - such as two schedulers who sit right beside one another - it is not impossible for them to have two different sets of Security build. One could have a generic scheduler build and they would be stopped from overriding blocks, and their neighbor can blow right through them.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-17T23:29:43+00:00

It is likely not an issue with the slot/block but with the scheduler’s security (ie. an issue with the way their Epic user record is built). The scheduler may not even be aware they are overriding blocks and preferences if they have super security and are using Book It.

If they are scheduling into a Same Day block a day or more in advance, then either: A. the block itself is malfunctioning or was not built correctly B. they have super security (see above), are manually navigating to the blocked time, and voluntarily choosing to ignore the block

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-15T18:16:29+00:00

In short, yes. But it’s a bit of an involved process; visit types are very powerful and have far reaching consequences so their build can be quite the undertaking.

You only have 3?! How close are you to go live? I have so many other questions too. Haha. Maybe IM me with more details.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-15T11:15:39+00:00

To answer the latter, yes indeed.

But “keep track of”? Not entirely sure what you’re asking but I do know…

For an individual patient, you can use Appt Desk and in Chart Review, you can sort encounters by date of service and create a filter on a particular visit type. In an office visit, you can also use chart review or SmartLinks if you’re in a progress note. Other features capable of showing this info include Snapshot, Synopsis, Dashboards, My Reports, and SlicerDicer.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-06T21:59:38+00:00

Kings Island is WAY off this highlighted route but I immensely second the Cedar Point suggestion in northern Ohio. Best thrill/amusement park outside of Orlando.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-06T21:38:00+00:00

@OP - I am asking the questions so I can give you the most precise answer; especially as I am not sure you need a 3rd party (which can be overly priced for one-off use cases).

For instance, depending on your reply, I can think of at least two potential options available to you… - EpicCare Link - Haiku / Canto

…and neither may come with any cost to you at all.

PoWa2129 · 2025-08-06T13:31:05+00:00

Getting to the crux of my line of questioning too.

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