Implementing an Epic EHR system is a significant undertaking for a healthcare organization. Often, hiring challenges can complicate or delay EHR implementation, leading to widespread frustration. Limited technical resources, a lack of planning, and a high cost of ownership can also lead to issues with budgeting and timelines. For many years, organizations have relied on costly consultants to manage this process, but with mixed results.
Fortunately, there’s a better way to plan and build skilled teams that can support EHR implementation across all stages. By partnering with Medix Technology, you’ll gain access to experts in Epic EHR software. From consulting and planning throughout your implementation, to providing flexible staffing models, we can provide the support you need to ensure the long-term success of your EHR project.
Challenges of Implementing and Supporting an Epic EHR
When implementing and supporting an EHR system, healthcare organizations face various staffing challenges, such as:
- Resource limitations: Implementing and using an EHR system requires a team of skilled professionals. Many organizations may not have the resources for a project of this scale, often leading to a delay in implementation.
- Lack of proper planning: While 96% of hospitals and nearly 80% of doctor’s offices have an EHR system in place, research shows that adaptation to the software has been a much slower process. It requires having a strategic, long-term plan with buy-in from stakeholders.
- Total cost of ownership: Not only is it expensive to implement an EHR system, but it’s costly to maintain. According to a recent report, an EHR system costs healthcare organizations around $1,200 per user annually. For many organizations, the ongoing cost to staff the system can be a significant expense.
- Talent retention: Replacing employees who leave an organization after EHR implementation can be challenging. Hiring new talent to replace them can lead to high turnover costs.
Overcome Challenges with Medix Technology’s Epic EHR Advisory Solutions
EHR staffing can be an acute source of frustration for chief information officers, chief medical information officers, directors of hospital systems, and others who oversee the implementation of this software. If these challenges sound all too familiar to you, consider partnering with a specialized staffing and consulting partner. At Medix Technology, we have over 20 years of experience delivering successful EHR implementation focused on an improved clinical experience.
When you partner with us for an Epic EHR implementation, you’ll have access to specialized talent pools. We’ll help you quickly build a qualified project team with the technical acumen to provide support throughout all stages of implementation. We specialize in sourcing contract talent who match your organization’s culture, reducing the hiring risk and lowering turnover costs.
Here are other reasons to partner with Medix Technology for your Epic EHR advisory staffing needs:
- We provide you with best practices around budgeting, establishing a governance model, determining a go-live strategy, building a support staff, and more.
- We help ensure high levels of clinician and end-user adoption and satisfaction by assisting with change management and helping you build an optimal technical support team.
- We provide access to hundreds of analysts certified through the MedixDirect program.
- With our flexible staffing model, known as MedixFlex, you can reduce your reliance on costly long-term consultants, substantially lowering the cost of ownership.
- We have over 750 active clients with a 92% overall KLAS performance score.
Partner with Us
Implementing an EHR system comes with many challenges, but you can overcome them. Reduce the total cost of ownership and ensure a successful implementation by working with an expert Epic advisory partner. When you partner with us, we can help you at every stage, from early planning to go-live, to ongoing optimization.
Contact us today for more information about how we can partner with your organization for a successful Epic EHR implementation.