11.22.2024
UVA Health Update | Nov. 22, 2024
5.16.2022
It’s Countdown Time for the 2022 Epic Upgrade
The countdown has begun for our next Epic upgrade, and here’s a quick rundown of what you need to know.
What is the schedule for Downtime and Go-Live?
- Downtime: Starts Tuesday, May 24, at 11 p.m. During downtime, charts and other documentation in Epic will be available on a view-only basis using the Supports Read Only (SRO) function.
- Update Go-Live: Wednesday, May 25, at 1:30 a.m. (estimated). As with any system change, issues may occur. If possible, please set aside time at the beginning of your day to explore changes to your Epic workspace to mitigate disruptions to patient care and service.
What’s changing?
See chart listing key changes below
Who will be impacted?
Thousands of schedulers and clinicians
What support is available?
- Training: Available now on the Epic Learning Library (ELL)
- Support: Additional agents available to provide real time support at the Help Desk starting on Wednesday, May 25, until call volume decreases. Call 434.924.5334.
| Key Change | Impacted Groups | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| In Basket | All team members who use of have access to In Basket | This feature is undergoing a major makeover and will have a new home screen, new search and follow-up buttons, and more |
| Specimen Collection Activity | All clinicians collecting specimens in ambulatory, procedural, and inpatient areas | A new appearance and additional features will assist in specimen collection |
| Results Review | All clinicians who review results | New design intended to make it easier for you to find and explore results in a single pane of Epic |
| Book It | All schedulers | Replaces the Make Appointment and Quick Appointment activities |
| Epic-Integrated Zoom | All clinicians and schedulers in clinics providing telemedicine services | All providers and clinics are required to move to Epic-integrated Zoom by June 14 Schedulers will not be able to schedule Prof Remote visits after June 14 To help clinics and providers prepare for this change, a recording of a May 13, 2022 panel discussion about telemedicine best practices will be available later this week on the Telemedicine Intranet |
I have wished for a hospital phone directory in EPIC forever. It would be so nice to hover over the nursing unit name on EPIC and be able to make a phone call to the unit. And also to have quick access to other departments ie Radiology Nursing, Interventional Nursing, the gift shop etc etc etc. I’ve worked at UVA for over 20 years and even the old MIS system had an easily accessed phone directory. Haven’t we progressed enough to have a phone directory like MIS?
Thank you