Epic: Inpatient Clinicals

95% of HIMSS Stage 7
Hospitals Use EpicCare

-HIMSS Analytics

Inpatient Clinicals

The EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System spans all hospital departments and specialties, giving providers the tools they need to deliver safe, high-quality care. EpicCare's role-based navigators simplify relevant information access for physicians, nurses, therapists, dietitians and any other provider in the hospital setting. Integrated tools include:

Point & Click Med Rec
Collapsible/Expandable Flowsheets
Electronic MAR
Interdisciplinary Care Plans
Hospital Outpatient Support

Clinical Pathways
ICU Support
Barcode Administration via MobileMeds
Pharmacy Integration

Connecting with physicians:

Employed Physicians - EpicCare Ambulatory EMR
Community Physicians via a shared record - Connecting Affiliates
Community Physicians via record exchange - Epic Interoperability
Paper-based Physicians via Web portal - EpicCare Link

EpicCare Inpatient shares user-friendly documentation and CPOE features with the rest of Epic's clinical suite, making it easy for users to place orders, minimizing the documentation workload and maintaining a consistent, familiar user interface. At every point in the care process, clinical decision support works to protect patient safety and encourage compliance with organizational best practices.

The integrated design approach translates into a system nurses, physicians and pharmacists embrace. KLAS^** noted:

"The typical Epic hospital uses CPOE at a wider and deeper level than other hospitals. Epic has the highest number of hospitals performing closed-loop medication administration, and by a wide margin, the highest per-hospital percentage of physicians that enter notes electronically."

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** KLAS CPOE Digest, March 2009.