[Histonet] EPIC Beaker

[Beth Brinegar]

Good afternoon!  We just went live with Epic Beaker June 2013 and it's been
one fat mess.  I have plenty of information for anyone interested.  It
seems there were lots of things that weren't considered for AP with Epic
beaker.  We have faced a lot of problems with go-live.  My first piece of
advice is to keep all you pathologists VERY involved with the build
structure and to consult with  Optime frequently.  We've had the most
difficulty with Optime and Beaker "talking" and specimens getting lost in
Epic.  Or, we've had AP specimens get lost in core lab, and everything has
to be reordered to get things moving.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.  The build is a big
beast, and we didn't have much success with our go-live because there were
many things we didn't really know to consider.

Beth Brinegar HTL(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
319-432-2239 (cell)

Beth Brinegar HTL(ASCP)
Anatomic Pathology Supervisor
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Paula Sicurello <patpxs <@t> gmail.com> wrote:

> See if you can get your Beaker people to talk to the Beaker people who are
> working on the Duke University Health System-ClinLabs AP build.  We are
> taking it one step at a time and the AP module is being built separately
> from the CP build.
>
> Beaker is taking over 18 months to build, we have tentative go-live for
> July 2014.
>
> Paula
>
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> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Pam Marcum <mucram11 <@t> comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > I know asked this a couple of months ago however; we are just getting
> > ready to work with the EPIC people on the Histology/IHC/Slide &
> Block/Gross
> > Room issues we need in AP.  I am looking for any advise or
> recommendations
> > anyone who is running Epic Beaker now or is in the process as we are to
> > implement it in the next 6 months or so.  I would prefer this is off line
> > if anyone resonding is OK doing it that way.  If others want the info
> then
> > please to Histonet will work too.
> >
> >
> >
> > We are having issues getting our IT group and Epic to understand AP is
> not
> > the same as CP.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Pam Marcum
> >
> > UAMS Histology Supervisor
> >
> >
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