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Epic will bring many everyday clinical practices closer to the EHR. For example, scope-based image capture will be simplified with an Epic app called Lumens. Lumens facilitates procedural documentation with image integration via a third-party solution, Hyland.

In part three of a four-part training series from The Epic Guys, Drs. Stu Booth and Stephen Stair discuss the importance of personalizing Epic user settings to improve efficiency and satisfaction for providers.

Research is an essential part of our DNA as an academic health system. However, good research depends on good data, strict compliance to ensure patient safety and data integrity, and the ability to collaborate. Epic weaves research capabilities into system design, to minimize barriers to using applications that support clinical research.

In part two of a four-part series from The Epic Guys, Drs. Stu Booth and Stephen Stair discuss the upcoming training program for providers. They outline the new hybrid training model, which combines short, specialty-specific online videos with a shorter in-person class.

In part one of The Epic Guys training series, Drs. Stu Booth and Stephen Stair introduce this upcoming four-part training series designed to prepare providers for Epic’s go-live.

Get to know Andy Hare, UAB Medicine’s associate vice president for Ambulatory Access Services, through this Q&A.

Learn about workgroup chair Geoff Gordon, OnCore technical project manager with UAB Health System Information Services (HSIS), through this Q&A.

Learn more about the University Medical Center (UMC Tuscaloosa) Sports Medicine clinic and what they are looking forward to about our journey to Epic through this Q&A with Sipsey Krout.

Provider-led classroom training for the Epic Journey will be more efficient, relevant, and effective if delivered by colleagues who speak the language and know the system. Learn what is required to become a trainer and the essential time commitment.

One of the most noticeable upgrades along our Epic Journey will be Epic’s suite of mobile tools: Rover, Canto, and Haiku. These apps will allow patient-facing staff to access and update records, place orders, and communicate in real time from tablets and smartphones.

Learn more about Sherichia Hardy, the senior director for Emergency Services at UAB Medicine, through this Q&A.

Get to know Julian Booker, M.D., the program director for Cardiovascular Imaging at UAB Medicine, through this Q&A.