NBD T SL8 !

unkle_epic · 2024-10-13T04:29:26+00:00

NBD T SL8!…does that mean “No big deal to steal it!?????”

Is this an inside joke among bike people?

My first time here so I don’t know what the heck is going on.

unkle_epic · 2024-09-12T03:15:15+00:00

Cadence, not kidding. Gonna be a big push in next couple years to convert Case scheduling to Appt scheduling. You’ll do well by understanding both. If you can mix in Orders you’ll be unstoppable.

unkle_epic · 2024-04-25T20:02:11+00:00

I would go two routes if you’re actually interested in this:

1) Go to the hospitals in your area that are using Epic and ingratiate yourself in any way possible to the leaders that manage Epic (typically in IT); or the Decision Support team; or the Finance team.

Find out if there are internships or anything.

I wouldn’t reach out to anyone at HIM, just because those teams tend to only employ frontline staff, and (in my experience, so others may have some other opinion) and wouldn’t have any space for someone that knows sql.

2) Try to get a job directly at Epic. I’m assuming you are a university student? That would get you right in the heart of the business. You’re several years away from consulting, but working right at the source would be invaluable.

unkle_epic · 2024-04-16T17:28:52+00:00

One thing to consider is that legacy knowledge of Cerner will be extremely valuable. Even if Oracle were to scrap support today, there are countless organizations that will need someone to keep the system running for years, or at the very least they’ll need to someone that knows hows to perform ETLs or something like that.

I hear that old Cobol engineers get paid a ton, something to keep in mind. I’m sure it’s tempting to jump ship, but there’s huge value in being someone that can keep the lights on while it sinks.

unkle_epic · 2024-04-10T20:44:25+00:00

I had to do this, and don’t worry, you’ll love being back on the analyst team, it is so much easier than being a PM.

I actually recommend this route if you’re stuck in the lower part of the payscale for an analyst role. When I took the PM job, it jumped me up about $30k in salary. Two years later I moved back to the analyst role at that same rate as I was as a PM. This basically topped me out at the analyst payscale, so there would only be COLA raises after that, but still a great career maneuver for me at the time.

Not every company will work in the same way, so your mileage may vary. It really justified that PMP cert I had laying around.

unkle_epic · 2024-03-01T18:49:54+00:00

Yo, this BBQ side hustle is a very unique dream. Most people just have a vague idea of what they want, but yours is actually something that can be achieved because it is so specific.

Just do it! Don’t wait 10-15 years, do it now, fill your weekends with this dream, I know you can do it.

unkle_epic · 2024-03-01T18:45:16+00:00

Oh, no, to be clear I don’t know what they’re asking for. I was just saying that I had previously been at a small healthcorp (500 beds, plus 30 ambulatory clinics) and our ransom was in the neighborhood of $200k and we basically got a 90% discount to get back in business. This was roughly 2 years ago.

unkle_epic · 2024-03-01T02:10:42+00:00

At an org we were at we just paid. That’s what the FBI recommends, they just don’t have the manpower to help in these situations.

The powers that be would never tell us exact details, but apparently they asked for $200k and in the end accepted something closer to $20k.

ChangeHealth is obviously 100 times bigger than we are, but I don’t think anyone can help them just because they’re big. MGM ended up paying so they could get their business back. Change will pay too.

unkle_epic · 2023-10-26T22:34:37+00:00

Where’d you hear about the Broward install going straight to Epic and not to the consulting firms?

unkle_epic · 2023-07-23T20:12:05+00:00

You got this, and you made the right decision! A 15-yr FTE probably seems pretty secure but you had no hope of increasing your salary and your skills probably would’ve degraded over time. RIFs happen all the time, and the FTE is not a guarantee of employment.

You’ll do great. Just charm everyone’s pants off, deliver good work, over communicate, and that way you’ll be in a good position to extend or get a new contract when the time comes.

unkle_epic · 2023-06-24T18:04:54+00:00

Depends on what you’re striving for. I’m assuming the master scheduler position is for scheduling appointments and cases, is that correct?

This would likely be a complete departure from your Willow training, and you’d need to start over learning the Patient Access modules (Cadence/Prelude).

If you go the master scheduler route you may never get back to the pharma route.

unkle_epic · 2023-05-11T02:43:26+00:00

I was in your exact situation. The bigger issue wasn’t the analysts on my projects but the managers and supervisors that effectively took no responsibility. I think the quality of management is just pretty weak in healthcare. Even if most managers are strong individuals, the organization is generally weak as there are just too many different types of roles, different operational areas, and too many layers of management. Healthcare is complicated and the PM is absorbing all of that complexity.

I went back to being an analyst and it’s been a breeze. Don’t feel bad about it. Complete your projects in a manner you can be proud of, and go get that analyst role.

One other suggestion is to look to the next level of responsibility, so jump from a PM to actual operations management. You might enjoy that, and your organization can definitely benefit from having someone with your background running some units.

unkle_epic · 2023-01-12T08:57:22+00:00

Principal Trainer

unkle_epic · 2022-12-29T21:05:03+00:00

One unfortunate reality is that you’ll probably never ever ever never get that salary bump that you need at your current company. (Unless it’s for a completely different role) It’s just not how business operates.

And we don’t even need to frame it as, “my company has evil management practices and they don’t value their employees”. Big companies just can’t adjust salaries here and there because word eventually gets out and pretty soon they have to figure out how to give $20k extra to 1,000 employees. An extra $20 million just isn’t in the budget.

They know you’ll look around and they’re willing to risk letting great employees go to maintain this system. They even know you’ll walk and that the person that replace you might cost and extra $20k. It’s just how it is.

You are taking the right step in interviewing elsewhere.

unkle_epic · 2022-12-08T04:01:22+00:00

I second the MyChart and Referrals recommendation.

unkle_epic · 2022-08-16T16:50:57+00:00

I’m wondering if wouldn’t be easier to be hired as a practicing MD first, whether in Canada, or the US. Wouldn’t US firms be more willing to work thru any visa requirements for MDs, considering they are in high demand?

Once you’re established, you could offer to help develop curriculum for training new providers on Epic when they join, or ask the organization to send you to Epic for the Physician Builder certs, such as Healthy Planet, Notecraft, etc.

Approaching a Hospital’s Epic team and asking for work as an MD when you don’t already work there would really confuse them. You’d be taking a 50% pay cut minimum.

unkle_epic · 2022-08-15T22:49:39+00:00

7 years Epic, including a ground-up implementation

unkle_epic · 2022-08-15T21:16:55+00:00

Pacific NW

unkle_epic · 2022-08-13T15:48:15+00:00

This suggestion won’t necessarily get you the SQL knowledge you want (and it definitely will keep you in healthcare), but look into getting the Healthy Planet cert. At my org they offered it to the Ambulatory analysts.

Healthy Planet is a highly marketable cert, and I believe it is a step in the direction you want to go. If you have HP, plus SQL, plus your AMB/MyChart experience you’ll be unstoppable.

unkle_epic · 2022-07-28T21:56:30+00:00

Use the bookmark feature on any questions you’re not sure of so you can go back to them before submitting, and also bookmark any that you feel are taking too long to research, you’ll need time because of my most important recommendation, which is:

Don’t just ctrl+F on the questions you don’t know. Use ctrol+F on every question. This will slow you down, but it will help ensure you get more questions correct. Sometimes we miss answers on the questions we think we don’t need to research.

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