On 1/17/2017 10:31 AM,
Lovelace, Connie A. wrote:
Does anyone
know if EPIC has an occupational health component?
Connie
Lovelace, RN, COHN
Clinical Operations Manager/Worker's Compensation Manager
Bon Secours Virginia Health System
connie_lovelace@bshsi.org
On 1/17/2017 10:43 AM, Hudson, T. Warner
replied:
Epic does not. Kaiser
built one based on Epic for internal Kaiser On the Job use;
cost them millions I hear and is proprietary but most of us
have to pick from the array of limited EMR products specific
to Occ Health; Medgate; SYSTOC, OHM, Meditrax; Axion and a
few others. Some have tried products for primary care like
MEI Webchart with varied success. I’m told Concentra built
their own; also proprietary.
T. Warner Hudson,
MD FACOEM, FAAFP
Medical Director, Occupational and Employee Health
UCLA Health System and Campus
Office 310.825.9146
Fax 310.206.4585
Pager 800.233.7231 ID 27132
twhudson@mednet.ucla.edu
Colleagues,
As Dr Hudson noted, EPIC does not have an occupational medicine
component. The latest information that we have from EPIC users
is that there's no apparent movement toward implementing a
module which will permit documentation and reporting of PHI in a
HIPAA-compliant manner. Other HR-based solutions for
occupational health and employee health (Lawson, Cerner, Kronos,
Meditech, etc.) almost always store employee PHI in
databases that can be accessed by co-workers: it's always wise
to check with your facility's HIPAA Compliance Officer.
If you're
looking for software for your Employee Health program, again
EPIC does not appear to have a module which meets the needs
for confidentiality specified in HIPAA. We're aware of
several Employee Health software solutions in addition to MediTrax. and whenever
prospective customers contact us to ask for information about
MediTrax, we always encourage them to contact these other
vendors as part of their due-diligence process:
We also
advise verifying the claims made by any software vendor: some
may claim to be "the only employee health software that is
HIPAA-compliant," or "the only certified employee health EHR,"
but neither of those statements is true.
Some available applications are also budget-busters (one of
the programs listed above costs over $100,000 per year), and
you're welcome to comment here on the list about your
experiences with ease of installation (or lack
thereof), ease of use (or lack thereof), customer
support (or lack thereof), and costs for initial
licensing, conversion of legacy data, user training, and
annual support.
Commercial
solicitations are prohibited on the maillist, but comments
about the usefulness of various products may well assist other
list subscribers in refining their search for an appropriate
solution.
If you're looking for software for your
Occupational Medicine program, here's a short list of
possibilities:
Many of
these programs are fairly expensive, and we always recommend
getting a firm price quote prior to purchase. Note that
remotely-hosted ("cloud-based") solutions may offer many
advantages (e.g., employer portals) but can also involve
significant per-user and per-hour costs.
Respectfully,
--
Joe
Fanucchi MD FACOEM
President and Medical Director
MediTrax / OHS, Inc.
o:925-820-7758
c:925-368-3367
MediTrax software: Everything you need, at a fraction of the
cost!