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This is where you'll find our thoughts, analysis, and advice on a number of health and EMR topics. --- [![The Wilshire Group](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Full%20TWG%20Black.png?width=500&height=223&name=Full%20TWG%20Black.png "The Wilshire Group")](https://thewilshiregroup.net/) - ![phone_icon](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/Images/TWG-phone.png)  (310) 699-2017 [![mail_icon](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/Images/TWG-email15.png)  info@thewilshiregroup.net](mailto:info@thewilshiregroup.net) - - - - Receive Updates - ![phone_icon](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/Images/TWG-phone.png)  (310) 699-2017 [![mail_icon](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/Images/TWG-email15.png)  info@thewilshiregroup.net](mailto:info@thewilshiregroup.net) - - - - Receive Updates # epic # The Wilshire Group Blog [Home](https://thewilshiregroup.net/) | The Wilshire Group Blog [Home](https://thewilshiregroup.net/) | Archive by Category "epic" ## [Remote Worker Boom: How to Monitor Employee Productivity When Working from Home](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/remote-worker-boom-how-to-monitor-employee-productivity-when-working-from-home) by [Tyre Pierce](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/tyre-pierce) March 20, 2020 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [COVID-19](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/covid-19) It’s hard to overstate the disruption that our nation is experiencing from both personal and business standpoints. One of the most significant changes is the mass exodus of workers from the office to the home. Different employers have different [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/remote-worker-boom-how-to-monitor-employee-productivity-when-working-from-home) ## [Take your Patient Access operations to the next level!](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/take-patient-access-operations-next-level) by [Freeman Jenkins](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/freeman-jenkins) March 03, 2020 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) In today’s word of shrinking reimbursement and consumer driven healthcare, having a top performing Patient Access operation to attract patients, keep them in system, and ensure you are paid for all services provided is more important than ever. [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/take-patient-access-operations-next-level) ## [Five keys to fixing your Epic upgrade approach](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/five-keys-fixing-epic-upgrade-approach) by [Andrew Wade](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/andrew-wade) January 23, 2020 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) No matter what electronic health record system you are on, if you work in healthcare, you’ve likely experienced an “upgrade” at one time or another. And while these upgrades are not complex when compared to a new EHR implementation, organizations [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/five-keys-fixing-epic-upgrade-approach) ## [An Example of Targeted EHR Optimization: Laboratory & Pathology](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/laboratory-pathology-optimization) by [The Wilshire Group](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/the-wilshire-group) July 30, 2019 [Insider](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/insider) [Case Studies](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/case-studies) [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [charge capture](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/charge-capture) [Clinicals](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/clinicals) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Revenue Integrity](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-integrity) [Consulting Strategy](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/consulting-strategy) [Words of Wisdom](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/words-of-wisdom) If you have you have implemented an electronic health record (EHR) or are in the initial phases of adoption, have you considered optimization efforts in your planning? Many organizations struggle to find time for EHR optimization due to competing [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/laboratory-pathology-optimization) ## [Creating Physician Efficiency](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/creating-physician-efficiency) by [Ryan Sommers](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/ryan-sommers) June 25, 2019 [Insider](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/insider) [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Clinicals](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/clinicals) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Consulting Strategy](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/consulting-strategy) [Words of Wisdom](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/words-of-wisdom) Whether your organization talks about reducing physician burnout, creating wellness, or optimizing the EHR for provider efficiency and satisfaction, meaningful work clusters around a few of the same critical areas, each relating in some way to the EHR, [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/creating-physician-efficiency) ## [Using Data to Improve Provider EHR Efficiency](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/provider-efficiency) by [Morgan McClure](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/morgan-mcclure) March 05, 2019 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Clinicals](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/clinicals) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Consulting Strategy](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/consulting-strategy) Provider burnout hovers near the top of every Healthcare IT feed lately. After 15 years in this space, these headlines echo so many of the conversations I’ve had with medical staff.  [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/provider-efficiency) ## [HIMSS Takeaways: Part III](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part-iii) by [Ryan Sommers](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/ryan-sommers) February 26, 2019 [Insider](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/insider) [News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/news) [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Company News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/company-news) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [News Updates](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/news-updates) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Revenue Integrity](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-integrity) [Consulting Strategy](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/consulting-strategy) We wrap up our recap of #HIMSS19 with this third installment, covering the final topics of major interest.To read our previous installments, click [here for Part I](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part1) and [here for Part II](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part-ii). [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part-iii) ## [HIMSS Takeaways: Part II](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part-ii) by [Ryan Sommers](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/ryan-sommers) February 22, 2019 [News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/news) [Case Studies](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/case-studies) [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Company News](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/company-news) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [News Updates](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/news-updates) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Revenue Integrity](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-integrity) Continuing our [recap](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part1) of #HIMSS19, today we dive into another couple of the high-priority topics. 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Conversations centered around all of the hot topics you’d [...] [Read More](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/himss-part1) ## [The Hierarchy to High-Quality Registration](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/high-quality-registration) ![Matt Perron](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/hubfs/mperron.png) by [Matt Perron](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/author/matt-perron) January 29, 2019 [Thought Leadership](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/thought-leadership) [Epic](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/epic) [Revenue Cycle](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-cycle) [Revenue Integrity](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/revenue-integrity) [Patient Access Services](https://info.thewilshiregroup.net/blog/tag/patient-access-services) We all know that quality registration forms the bedrock for a high-quality revenue cycle. 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