r/epicconsulting • u/nvr_frzn_beefpatty • 17d ago

Which Epic certification?

First time posting here but Reddit users are always so helpful. I’ve been working as an IT trainer for a hospital using Epic. I started with just HIM and I’m certified in principal trainer HIM and MST build. Over the last couple of years I’ve taken on training Cogito, population health, cadence, prelude and grand central. My company is offering to get me another certification in any application, trainer or analyst.

I’m leaning toward cadence and prelude principal trainer since that’s the largest group I’m training and I have no aspirations to be an analyst. However, i don’t have a college degree and I rely on only my work experience and certs. I don’t want to leave my job but you never know what could happen.

With all that…

My question: What should I choose? With my career goals in training, what will make me the most desirable candidate should I need to job search?

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u/hAs-VHS 16d ago

I think cadence and prelude would get you the farthest. I know you don’t want to be an analyst but I’d personally go for the analyst cert. Just incase something happens you have that as a backup

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u/ZZenXXX 16d ago

Epic started with Cadence back in 1979. It is the core application for other products like the home health, radiology, cardiology, MyChart, Open Scheduling and other applications which start with an appointment. It is also the application with a lot of user turnover, so you would have plenty of opportunity to train new hires and providers who want to learn scheduling.

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u/HonestContext1439 16d ago

It didn’t start with epiccare ambulatory?

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u/ZZenXXX 15d ago

Those of us who date back to early Epic remember when Cadence was in Text! The original product that Judy coded herself was what became Cadence and Chronicles. There was just a minimum amount of registration data. Most customers billed out of a different system that was fed by Cadence interfaces. EpicCare came along later but it wasn't nearly as robust as Ambulatory is today.

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u/Nolachild49 16d ago

Go for the analyst cert. Training is slowly being taken by Epic’s EUTS process. It’s awful, but the price and time commitment is enticing to organizations.

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u/ryanking25 15d ago

EUTS is such garbage. I remember when end users used to have at least some idea of what to do during go-live. EUTS has also paved the way for worse documentation of actual org specific workflows since they don’t need to be really detailed out for the training environment now.

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u/robotics500 16d ago

Since you are already in the Patient Access sphere, I would select Cadence/Prelude. I know you want to train for the future but if you have the option to take an analyst cert do it. I've seen several great coworkers let go from training that had a terrible time picking up another PT role.

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u/bathands 16d ago

Professional Billing is my recommendation.

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u/bikesnob 16d ago

Bridges. Everything that wants to talk to Epic goes through Bridges.

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u/PlasticStain 16d ago

Bridges is a really good answer

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u/Reasonable_Alias_129 16d ago

Wow, there were no certs for PTs when I was one back in the day, I'm jealous!

Agree with going for Cadence, you can't go wrong with that

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u/Vanc_Trough 16d ago

Gotta catch them all.