Epic Community Connect

As experts in Epic Community Connect, Optimum Healthcare IT shares our industry knowledge and insight on the latest healthcare IT trends and issues.

December 12, 2019

How a Community Connect Program Can Help ACOs

Read Time: 4 min As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve, and more ACOs come together, the need for cohesion and interoperability is increasing.
September 13, 2018

The Anatomy of a Successful Community Connect Install

Read Time: 3 min A successful Go-Live involves many different elements, but these will ensure a successful Community Connect install.
May 29, 2018

Questions When Building Your Community Connect Team

Read Time: 3 min Developing your Community Connect program will require resources to analyze workflows, design the EHR, build the EHR, train your organization and implement the new system. Do you have the right team in-house to begin a Community Connect Program?
May 9, 2018

Center Stage: Kelli Mangino, Community Connect

Read Time: 4 min Welcome to Optimum Healthcare IT’s "Center Stage" series. Our service line leaders have track records of service excellence in Healthcare IT and are passionate about their work. Our goal is to improve healthcare through technology, and these leaders are how we're getting there.
February 20, 2018

Center Stage: Jon Straffon, Community Connect

Read Time: 4 min Welcome to Optimum Healthcare IT’s "Center Stage" series. Our service line leaders have track records of service excellence in Healthcare IT and are passionate about their work. Our goal is to improve healthcare through technology, and these leaders are how we're getting there.
March 30, 2017

Understanding What is Required Under the Stark Law

Read Time: 3 min When considering a community connect program, many questions require answers. One of the most common and probably one of the most important is what is necessary under the Stark Law?
February 14, 2017

Does your Community Connect Team Have a Leader?

Read Time: 2 min Are you preparing to implement your first Epic Community Connect (CC) Practice? Do you have enough resources? Do you have the right Community Connect resources? We all typically focus on certified build and design analysts, but do you have a qualified resource in place to handle the project?
February 1, 2017

It Takes Two to Tango!

Read Time: 2 min For a successful Epic Community Connect Program, both the extending health system and the receiving hospital/practice must have skin in the game and work together to make the dance a successful one.
January 4, 2017

On the Receiving End of Epic Community Connect?

Read Time: 2 min More and more community health systems and community private physicians are considering partnering with a larger health system to implement Epic Community Connect. Why? Many reasons, most being for the continuity and safety of patient care.
December 9, 2016

Getting Started with Epic Community Connect

Read Time: 4 min Epic Community Connect can provide a small independent physician's office better visibility into a patient's care, but can also present numerous questions while looking to use an Electronic Health Record (EHR), such as Epic.