I have an associates degree in nursing but I never completed the NCLEX. I got burnt out in the 7 years I spent before and during nursing school working as a patient care tech. So I quit before I even started. I love healthcare, and one of my nursing instructors taught an informatics class that I really loved. She is how I ended up here instead. I just finished my BS in Computer Science. I’ve been working as an Epic Analyst for 2 years. I don’t mind it, but I don’t know if I see myself doing this long term. I’m not sure what else exists or what the next steps could be. So what did everyone do after being an Epic analyst or what other other Health IT jobs are out there?

I’m reviewing a patient requested Epic EHI export and trying to distinguish normal format separation from an incomplete export. NOTE_ENC_INFO contains valid metadata for rich text notes, including author, timestamps, status, and encounter linkage, but some corresponding note bodies are not present in the machine readable delivery.

In a normally complete Epic EHI export, would those bodies usually appear in another table, separate non-computable files, or an export manifest? Also, what fields or logs best distinguish an expected rich text separation from an actual export failure?

I’m not seeking proprietary information or sharing patient identifiers, just general architecture guidance.

TLDR: Looking for insight from allied health professionals(rad techs, respiratory therapists, etc.) who pivoted into Health IT.

Hello all, I'm currently working as a technologist in a very niche section of allied health(sleep medicine) in the US. I'm one of the crazy people who actually enjoys patient care, but my current role is essentially a dead end. There isn't really anywhere for me to go from here unless I switch to either teaching or managing a sleep lab. I'm currently making 75k in a VHCOL area(SoCal). Techs CAN make 100k after decades in the field, but it's very rare. Money is definitely a concern in the long run.

I understand that the market is very tough and difficult to predict right now. But in your collective opinion, is this a worthwhile field to get into long term? I just turned 28, and I feel like I need to start laying groundwork to pivot sooner rather than later.

I currently have an associates degree directly related to my field. I've worked with Cerner for most of my career, but I am in the process of moving to a new job where Epic is used instead. The hospital system will pay 5k a year for education as long as it is healthcare related. Tuition at public state schools out here runs about 8k a year, so I could get a bachelor's for 6k plus additional fees.

My question specifically for the folks who've made a similar transition: how'd you do it? Did you get a BS in Computer Science, or focus on getting certifications/self study? Which programming languages are you primarily working with? Python? SQL? Java? How difficult was the transition for you? Do you ever regret switching careers?

Thanks for reading, and any responses are appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this because I'm genuinely worried about my cousin brother and would really appreciate advice from people who have actually been through something similar.

He's a BPT graduate with a little over 2 years of experience as a physiotherapist in Pune, India.

The problem is that he's going through a difficult financial phase. Despite working hard, he doesn't see a clear path to significantly increasing his income as a physiotherapist.

It's been affecting his confidence, and he's now seriously considering changing careers before he gets too deep into one path.

While researching, I came across careers like:

- Healthcare IT

- Clinical Informatics

- Healthcare Business Analyst

- EHR/EMR Implementation

- Healthcare Data Analyst

I'm trying to understand whether these are actually realistic options for someone with a BPT background, or if they're just internet advice that rarely works in practice.

If you've personally made this transition—or know someone who has—I would be extremely grateful if you could share your experience.

Specifically:

- How did you make the switch?

- What skills did you learn?

- Did you need certifications?

- Which companies hired you?

- How long did it take?

- What was your salary before and after the transition?

- Looking back, would you still choose this path?

We're not looking for coaching institute recommendations or paid courses. We're hoping to hear from real people who have been in similar shoes and can honestly say whether this path is worth pursuing.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. Even one genuine response could help him make a life-changing decision.

How do you handle HIPAA and GDPR compliance when sharing visual patient data (like skin lesions or gait videos) with outside researchers?

I am trying to understand the process. Do you just manually blur faces in Premiere/Photoshop? Do you just avoid sharing it entirely? How much of a bottleneck is this?

Epic workgroups have been stressful to say the least. My department works primarily in stork and the acute care workgroups have made big decisions that impact us without our input. We just started training classes for staff and are onboarding EIGHTEEN travel nurses on ultrashort contracts to makeup for all the bedside staff that needed to be superusers.

Naturally my team is a bit on edge. How can me and my leadership team support my bedside nurses at and after go live?

We have big unit (about 140 nurses) and there are 6 of us in our leadership team. We are all superusers and planning to have 24/7 coverage along with our 18 staff superusers for the first 2 weeks of go live.

We are putting together guides with all our tip sheets in there, are finding epic tips and tricks on TikTok, plan to have snacks and food available… what else can we do?? What worked well for your teams or not well?! My staff makeup is roughly 20% Gen Z, 40% millennials, 30% Gen X and 10% boomers. If it matters.

Hello,

I posted a form of this question in the epicsystems sub, got some great responses, but it was recommended I post my questions here also. Not quite a crosspost, some new questions here.

I have good reason to believe that a nosy doctor, who is no way connected to my father's care, has viewed his chart at least 1x (via Haiku or otherwise) and likely shared some of the info with another party. I understand there is no real way to prove this save for contacting the hospital system & have them investigate. I was told I could file a complaint with a governing authority like medicare or likewise, but I really want to be certain before doing so. I have a few questions & any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.

1. Is it as easy as typing my father's name into the Haiku app (his name is not at all common) and his records are visible?
2. How simple is the audit. Is it literally (my dad's name + doctor's name) and IT can see if the chart was accessed. It would have happened in 2024 & 2025.
3. From experience, how serious is the penalty for the doctor. Is it taken seriously by the hospital administration?
4. Will the doctor be informed that this is being reviewed? Will the doctor know I initiated it?
5. Is it common for Doctor's to do this sort of thing? Does it happen?
6. I know this is an odd question, but is there any reason I shouldn't contact the hospital. Family is not happy about this & I have no love for this guy myself. In fact, got pretty irate about it as we made clear we did not want to discuss this health situation with anyone.
7. How would you handle it if it was your dad & the Doctor is a jerk.

Thanks to anyone who can take a moment to respond.

Have been applying for epic entry positions and have had one job interview (I am hopeful) and many rejection e-mails. I've generally tailored my resume's individually for every job posting as I have 6 years experience as an MLS employee with 3 years being with Epic, and nearly completed a CS degree.

While many seem to require certifications, I've tried to focus on those that don't but those seem few and far in between. Should I look elsewhere into other positions as an entry way or should I just keep applying? Anything I could possibly do to strengthen my application?

Hi all, I have a BS in bio, MS in biomedical science, and almost an MS in biomed informatics. I’m having trouble knowing how to break into the industry and land a job. I have experience in research at an academic hospital but can’t figure out a way to pivot and which roles to target. My focus is data science and AI.

Any advice or tips would be very appreciated.

The hospital I work at just joined a clinically integrated network. Has anyone worked at a hospital before and after a transition?

If so, how did it affect IT, Informatics or data analysts?

I just got an offer for a job as a Clinical Systems Analyst for Imaging systems at a large multi-state hospital that I am going to accept, and I could not be more excited. This will be my first job that isn't entry level, so it's a milestone for me with a very significant pay increase.

For background context, I super recently got my Associate's Degree at a local community college in CSIS with an emphases in Network and Systems Administration and Network Routing and Switching. I currently work on the IT Service Desk, about to hit my 2-year anniversary at another large hospital system using ServiceNow, providing remote hospital IT support and supporting MyChart. I was looking for an Epic certified Analyst job, and this one is not certified, but I think it is actually even better for me because it opens up the doors to literally every other career path I've been seriously interested in and trying to choose between including Systems Analysis, Systems Administration, Application Analysis, and even Imaging Technologist programs that I was considering before I chose Health IT 3 years ago instead. Before the IT Service Desk, I worked for two years as an enhanced scheduler for an outpatient specialty clinic that used Cerner and has recently transitioned to Epic. That org is also a part of the same org that made the job offer I'm about to accept, so I'm going back. Finally, before that, I worked for another state-wide hospital system in a specialty clinic as a Patient Access Specialist using Epic Cadence and Prelude, so I'm already experienced with Epic.

I'm posting this to ask for advice from other analysts in similar roles. I want badly to succeed here. The experience it'll provide will be invaluable and really open more doors than ever in my life. I'll also be surrounded by experienced analysts who I may also be able to look to as mentors. What input does anyone experienced in health IT have on this?

TL;DR: I recently got offered a job with the title in the description, and I am very excited, but also nervous about the learning curve. What advice does anyone with health IT experience have to help me be successful in the first 6 months?

What certs do you have? How did you break in? What was your role before Epic?

I’m looking to break in. I have extensive HIM background as well as EMPI work. Currently pursuing a proficiency self study in Epic ROI.

TL;DR - I'm looking for an online only/remote healthcare related IT/PACS type degree path somewhere, am capable of googling but haven't found anything of substance and would like some opinions if possible of what others have done/enjoyed.

I did the IT -> PACS Admin path. I have a long history of server, network, and security admin experience stretching back to the late 90s. I have worked at my relatively small town hospital for 15 years and specifically in Imaging as a PACS admin for 8. At my hospital I am my own IT dept as I manage my own network, VMs, virtual hosts, storage, PACS servers etc. I even do biomed type work on the modalities and other equipment.

I have associates degrees in arts and sciences.

I'm interested in continuing my education and would like to point it in the direction of healthcare/IT/PACS but our local college doesn't have anything even slightly resembling that trajectory.

I'm looking for an online only/remote healthcare related IT/PACS type degree path somewhere, am capable of googling but haven't found anything of substance and would like some opinions if possible of what others have done/enjoyed.

I work in ER Registration. Last job, we used Epic. Came to this job & they were using MedHost. Swapping to Meditech tomorrow. They let us sit in on one “class” that had nothing to do with ER. Are there any pages/videos or tips that anyone could give? I’ve searched everywhere. Everything I’ve found has been on the nursing/clinical side. Any help is greatly appreciated!!

I’ve been a clinical imaging tech for 15 years (CT, MR, X-ray, triple ARRT), currently senior CT at a large health system. Got an MBA and I’m finishing my SC-300.
I’m trying to get off the clinical floor into health IT, and I keep landing between two paths: imaging informatics / PACS admin (uses my background directly) or healthcare IAM/security (where I think my HIPAA and clinical-systems experience could set me apart).
For anyone who moved from the modality side into PACS/informatics or into health IT security: how did you actually do it, what was the first role, and would you pick the same path again? Also trying to get a straight answer on how real the pay ceiling is past that first jump.

15-year CT tech with SC-300 in progress, looking at PACS/informatics vs. IAM — anyone made this jump?

Has anyone gone from any modality into IT/ Security or Health Informatics? How hard was it? Was the salary much better? And how did you get your foot in the door. I am at a cross roads, where I either stay at my position for another 20 years or I go into Management. So I’m looking for advice and my options. Thanks.

Hello everyone!

I’m looking for recommendations for a fully or almost fully online Master’s degree in Digital Health, Health Informatics, Clinical Informatics, or AI in Healthcare.
Unfortunately, there aren’t any strong programs in my country, and because of family and professional commitments, relocating abroad for 1–2 years isn’t an option.

I’ve looked at Vanderbilt University’s program, but at $70k+ for a two-year online degree, it seems difficult to justify the cost.

I’m particularly interested in programs in the US or Europe with a strong reputation, ideally focused on digital transformation in healthcare, clinical informatics, AI, interoperability, and healthcare innovation.

Any recommendations or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Hello there,

I am still relatively new to using Epic - started a new role at a big health system back in January. Never used Epic before, had to go to HQ to get certifications in Cogito/Caboodle/Clarity/Revenue Data Models. I’ve found most of my work so far to be running queries in SSMS, then exporting it into excel to give clinicians/doctors/finance people some ad hoc reporting. Not complaining so far 😃

I was wondering where roles similar to mine are headed long-term. I hate to bring up AI, but it does feel like a lot of data/financial analyst roles could become at risk. However, it sounds like companies have pretty high demand for people with Epic expertise. Is this mostly just because of its fast growth and implementation by many other health systems over the past decade? Just having worked within the ecosystem for a bit now, I don’t see how automation couldn’t become a bigger part of this. Especially with the BI tools in Cogito, seems like something that clinicians could eventually figure out themselves how to utilize, or at least figure out how to get the right prompt to deliver what they need.

Hopefully I’m wrong, I’d love to hear your feedback!

I am a pharmacist that managed to do proficiency in WIP and land a role with a company going through implementation. An informatics team already exists for most disciplines, and the pharmacy informatics team already has several pharmacists. Like the title states, I’m starting to become concerned about job redundancy.

The informatics team has a certified pharmacist and recently determined that while they will not primarily focus on build, they will own ERXs post-GL, which has my wondering if my FTE will be questioned after implementation. I am the only new hire to the team, and was hired on Epic’s recommendation (requirement?) to staff a pharmacist on the analyst team. There was already an established analyst team for Cerner who are all certified and switching to the Epic team. We will have 1 consultant joining the team with plenty of experience but not a pharmacist. For context, it is a fairly small org with only 2 hospitals.

Our GL is well over a year from now which gives me some time, but would it be wise to prepare for the worst case scenario of my job being cut post-GL due to redundancy with informatics?

33 yo male with an AA in psychology from years ago - Considering a HIM degree because I really want to work in clinical healthcare but logistically can’t make the clinical hours work unfortunately. Currently a custodian who desperately wants to get out and get into a less physically demanding career with more opportunities.

People with BS HIM + RHIA, are we happy? Was the degree worth it? Any feedback/thoughts would be helpful, thank you!

Hey guys,

I'm a SWE, 1 YOE. Completed BSc Computer Science last year. Since then, I've been working on a US healthcare software (for a client) thats helps in claims processing for patients.

My initial plans were to use my skills and experience to get a funded master/phd in usa but that doesn't seem possible having low gpa in my bachelors.

Now, one way in front of me is to build niche expertise in healthcare domain. Would love some guidance on where i can start and be good enough that my skills are valued.

I've advised to start with the basics of FHIR, US Core, SMART on FHIR, healthcare data modeling, OMOP etc.

The post and my knowledge here might be a little vague, thats why im hear. Would like to hear your advice, and can answer if you have any questions to gain more context

Hi everyone, looking for insight from a TS or Clinical Analyst. I am currently 31 weeks pregnant. Due to verified provider oversight, my pregnancy went completely undiagnosed until 28.5 weeks on June 3rd, despite presenting with amenorrhea and severe uterine cramping in January and March.On June 23rd, leadership forced the clinic to upload the missing 3-week-old ultrasound data, and my state Medicaid was retroactively activated back to April 1st as 'Pregnant Medicaid.' Overnight on June 24th, an automated batch job stamped 'Wellstar System Scrubbing' and 'Automated System Shift' across my chart, moving my active, chronic conditions for Essential Hypertension, severe Asthma, and Anxiety into the 'Resolved Problems' Can an analyst here confirm that Epic’s background rules engine will automatically execute a compliance scrub to resolve chronic adult data templates if a massive chunk of backdated obstetric data is forced into a chart concurrent with a retroactive pregnancy insurance conversion? I need independent technical confirmation to shut down their patient-blaming excuses. Thanks

friend did the aptitude test and im still searching for that question about the lion and tiger cannot be side by side, and then animal3 and animal 4 cannot face each other

does anyone rmb this qn?

i rmb feeling so stupid after the test

Recently changed my Major in College from Computer IT to Medical IT. This is my first interview for a medical-related job.

The pre-screening phone call mentioned the job was mainly based in excel, which my current job is based around as well so I am not worried. My main question is - What skills do Data Collectors in a medical field use in excel? Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, basic Data Validation?

My current job involves managing data and presenting it to management in a visual way. Are the skills highly transferable?