Home Documentation & ICD-10-ology The Epic EHR Bartender

The Epic EHR Bartender

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If Epic was a Bartender
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If Epic was a bartender

Patron: I’d like a beer.

Epic: Wait until I log on… (30 seconds) Welcome to Hyperspace!

Patron: I’d like a beer.

Epic: Pick from this list.

Patron: Hmm… I’ll have a Mirror Pond.

Epic: What size?

Patron: It comes in one size: a twelve oz. bottle.

Epic: Choose either 1 bottle or 12 oz.

Patron: 12 oz.

Epic: OK.  Do you want order future beers individually like this, or receive future bottles delivered automatically?

Patron: Yeah… Automatically.

Epic: How many and at what intervals?

Patron: 1 bottle every 15 minutes.

Epic: You must select total number of bottles furnished and/or an end date and time.

Patron: #6, tomorrow 2 AM.

Epic: I will need parameters for withholding future bottles.

Patron: WTF!  Never mind, just give me my beer.

Epic: Select how you want it.

Patron: Huh!?

Epic: Oral, G tube, J tube, rectal, or sublingual.

Patron: Just gimme the beer!  Oral!

Epic:  OK… Wait!  There is a best practice advisory warning!

Patron: What?

Epic: You have had a prior beer!

Patron: Just gimme the beer!

Epic: OK… Wait, you have had an adverse reaction!

Patron: And I am having one now!!!

Epic: In 2007 you had nausea and vomiting with tequila.  Do you wish to override, or consult the pharmacist?

Patron: Just gimme the beer!

Epic: Please enter password.

Patron: I am out of here.

Epic: Thank you for choosing HyperSpace.

Patron: F UUUUU!!!

30 COMMENTS

  1. Oh the programs not written by clinical people! I long for pen and paper. Cerner is no joke ……..try using it in home health. It wasn’t developed for home health and then our agency added their requirements. Can we say everyone had 12-14 hours days? And we lost ALOT of good employees over it.

  2. Oh the programs not written by clinical people! I long for pen and paper. Cerner is no joke ……..try using it in home health. It wasn’t developed for home health and then our agency added their requirements. Can we say everyone had 12-14 hours days? And we lost ALOT of good employees over it.

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