Helping UW Health address healthcare worker shortage
October 5, 2022
UW Health is addressing a shortage of healthcare worker by creating programs for nursing retention and community-based apprenticeships.
UW Health is addressing a shortage of healthcare worker by creating programs for nursing retention and community-based apprenticeships. The healthcare provider is also planning to pay for current and future medical and nursing assistants’ bachelor’s degrees while also maintaining their full-time salary and benefits despite those employees not working full-time due to their schooling.
The nursing recruitment program will focus on reaching marginalized groups who often have a harder time entering the field.
The program is supported in part by Epic and will be able to support up to 35 students per semester for six years.
A Conversation with Borno Akhter on Building Technology That Helps Patients
October 12, 2026
Epic’s Hello World development lead discusses immersion trips, earning patient trust over text and voice, and helping patients get what they need—however they prefer to communicate.
Memorial Hermann Health System Clinicians Use Epic’s AI Tool to Help Patients Better Understand Test Results
September 8, 2026
Clinicians at Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) are using a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool built directly into Epic to help patients better understand their test results and to make informed decisions about next steps in their care journey.
