EMR USERS: CHECK OUT THE IMPROVED EPIC EMR SITE
Customized resources are designed by our providers
Who?
The site is for faculty, residents, providers and staff from UF Health Shands, the UF College of Medicine and UF Health Physicians who use Epic EMR tools and applications.
What/where?
Visit epictrain.health.ufl.edu or search for “Epic Training” on the Bridge portal.
Why?
Our providers, clinicians and support teams use Epic software to access, organize, store and share patient medical records. Epic’s applications support functions related to patient care, including registration and scheduling; clinical systems for doctors, nurses, emergency personnel and other care providers; systems for lab technologists, pharmacists and radiologists; and billing systems for insurers.
Why?
Users’ ability to navigate Epic efficiently is essential to the delivery of care and the positive patient experience.
Providers familiar with the site can quickly find answers to questions without having to request help.
Resources
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Application Training and Documentation
- Links to Update/Upgrade HQ information for all applications
- Links to documentation for specific user groups (including ambulatory, anesthesia, emergency, oncology, lab and pathology, health information management, billing, and hospital outpatient departments, etc.)
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Training and Resources
- Training modules, e-learning links, videos
- Epic UserWeb and Epic Playground
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The “For Providers” link to provider-specific resources
- Tip Sheets for efficiency
- Provider how-to videos (tutorials made in-house by our providers)
- The Topic of the Month section
- Inpatient & Ambulatory Resource links
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Help links to FAQs and access requests
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The Epic training calendar
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Maps to IT Services classrooms
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Contacts and a feedback form to suggest improvements to the site
Topics customized for providers
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Videos span Epic functionality, customization and efficient workflows based on how UF Health has built Epic.
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Topics cover inpatient and ambulatory care resources (Prep for Case use and Customization, Notes and Smart Tools, Epic MyLink and PSR Quick Link).
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Check out the “Communication & Suggestions” form to suggest topics and share a provider spotlight or a department improvement project you did so others will know.
The team
This effort has been led by UF Health IT Services associate chief medical informatics officers, Brian C. Lobo, M.D., a UF College of Medicine assistant professor of otolaryngology, and Danielle Nelson, M.D., a UF College of Medicine assistant professor of community health and family medicine; and Judith Brownlee, RHIA, Clinical Applications training coordinator, and Lisa Merry, R.N., M.S.N., Clinical Applications training lead.
A final word
Physicians, nurses and providers are time-strapped and want to be able to solve their own problems without waiting.
“Epic can often feel limiting, but if you take the time to explore all of the options it has, a world of opportunity opens up for efficiency,” Lobo said. “We’ve loaded the new site with a la carte tools and solutions designed by people who actually see patients. In fact, I’m making a library of tutorial videos to showcase some of the features I use to make using Epic work better for me.”
He added, “We offer help on demand to empower providers so they don’t have to call for support unless there is an issue that they really cannot figure out.”
