July 9, 2020
Epic@UNC Quarterly Release, planned downtime scheduled for July 12
On Sunday morning, July 12, Epic@UNC will be upgraded across UNC Health Care during our next quarterly release.
Tag: Epic@UNC
May 22, 2019
Colorectal ERAS Clinical Pathway Now Available in Epic@UNC
On May 21, UNC Health Care launched its first Epic@UNC Clinical Pathway to support the growing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program. UNC Medical Center and UNC REX are early adopters of ERAS, which provides surgical patients with better patient outcomes and shorter hospital stays. Other leading hospital systems have used Epic’s Clinical Pathway functionality to improve patient outcomes and reduce unnecessary care variation.
August 4, 2016
Inpatient Nurses: Changes in the Pressure Ulcer LDA
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPAUP) recently changed the terminology and updated the stages of pressure injury and definitions. To reflect these updates, several updates were made in Epic@UNC.
July 28, 2016
Clinical Staff: Steps required to cancel Lab orders or submit Result Correction requests
Please review the steps below needed to either cancel a Lab Order or submit a Result Correction Request.
June 11, 2015
Improvements to referrals workflows in Epic@UNC effective June 14; required training for clinic managers, referral coordinators
A number of improvements to the referrals process in Epic@UNC will go into effect June 14, 2015. Most notably, the priority status of referrals has been standardized across Epic@UNC, with stat orders requiring a phone call from the “referred from” department within one day and urgent orders requiring a phone call from the “referred from” department within two days.
April 29, 2015
Improvement in Care Everywhere functionality
Care Everywhere is a piece of Epic@UNC that allows us to review records for patients from other organizations that use Epic. On Wednesday, April 29, ISD will activate a Care Everywhere "auto-query" function to help eliminate the need for providers to manually request these outside records for most patients.
March 18, 2015
‘Chart Search’ now available in Epic@UNC
“Chart Search” is now available from the top-right corner of Epic@UNC as an alternative to looking through a patient's chart or browsing Epic@UNC menus. In Epic@UNC, press “CTRL + spacebar” to automatically move your cursor to the search box.
September 18, 2014
Process for registering new employees for Epic@UNC training
Please review the details on this page to register either yourself or your employees for Epic@UNC Training.
July 10, 2014
Epic@UNC Top 15 tip sheets, quick start guides
Since early March, the Training team has populated the Training Library with Tip Sheets and Quick Start Guides to help you use Epic@UNC. Check out the 15 most accessed Tip Sheets and Quick Start Guides.
May 1, 2014
Celebrating our Epic@UNC Go-Live #1 Heroes
In addition to the Epic@UNC Core Team and ISD, we asked for your help identifying the ‘Epic@UNC Heroes’ who helped make Go-Live #1 a success so far. Thanks to everyone for your patience, support, and work as we transitioned to Epic@UNC!
April 17, 2014
A message from Dr. Roper – Thank You
Thanks to everyone who worked incredibly hard to make Epic@UNC Go-Live #1 a success so far. I wanted to share the note I sent to the Board of Directors late last week.
April 17, 2014
Call the Help Desk for ALL Epic@UNC Go-Live #1 issues moving forward
Beginning immediately, we ask that everyone at Go-Live #1 locations call-in ALL Epic@UNC issues to the Help Desk at 984-974-4357. To ensure no issues are missed, ISD will continue to monitor the fax line for low priority tickets in the short-term.