“ There ’ s no goal , no type of implementation or journey without its own challenges ”
— Joe-max Wakim IT Director , Medical Centre Processes and Systems director , American University of Beirut Medical Centre
a number of solutions that would assist with taking the platform live . So far , over 3,400 employees have been trained on the use of Epic , with 650 being supertrained within the company to assist with the shift from analogue to paperlight ,” Wakim recalls . “ In addition to the implementation of Epic , during those 10 years of implementation , we also wrote in a medication dispensing solution , a blood bank solution , a blood donor solution , a voice recognition solution and a medical device integration solution , which were all implemented entirely by different teams .”
Currently , there are over 30 projects underway which overlap with Epic ’ s capabilities . Wakim has a particular interest in the improvement of analytics capabilities . “ We are investing
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