EMR Conversions: Cerner Jobs Available For Fall In Virginia, Epic In New Mexico
Travel nurses with Cerner experience looking for a quick contract with great pay should turn their attention to Lynchburg, Virginia for new EMR conversion jobs. Centra Lynchburg General Hosptial, the flagship facility of the Centra Health system, will undergo a Cerner conversion in September, according to industry sources. Centra has been in the process of switching their hospitals to Cerner after signing a contract with the software company in 2016, according to a press release. The facility is primarily looking for ICU, CVICU, OR and step down travel nurses with Cerner experience. The assignments are scheduled to start on Aug. 27, last for five weeks and vary between day and night shifts. The short contract length could provide a good opportunity for qualified travelers who want to avoid working the holidays. Based on current job board data, pay for these positions range from $1,900-2,132 weekly, which is well above the average for the state. Additionally, despite Virginia’s high cost-of-living rating, Lynchburg actually falls below the state and national average, meaning travelers can save money on rent and basic necessities. You can view job board postings based on specialty here: CVICU OR ICU Oncology Editor’s note: Linked job board posts are subject to change based on availability and other factors. Interested travelers should contact their recruiters for the most up-to-date information. Additional EMR Conversion Needs September is shaping up to be a busy month for EMR conversion needs, as several facilities have “go-live” dates scheduled for the month. Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico still needs OR and medical-surgical travel nurses for their switch from Cerner to Epic charting on Sept. 17. Contracts will range anywhere from six to 13 weeks. Interested nurses should have Epic experience, two years of working in their specialty and previous travel assignment experience.
EMR Conversion: New Mexico hospital switching to EPIC in September
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico plans to switch from Cerner EMR charting to Epic this fall and anticipates travel nurse staffing needs, according to industry sources. The planned go-live date is September 16. The facility expects vacancies in medical-surgical/telemetry, ICU, ER, PACU and OR. The hospital currently holds 300 beds and is a classified as Level II Trauma facility. Contracts will range anywhere from six to 13 weeks. Interested nurses should have Epic experience, as well as two years of working in their specialty and previous travel assignment experience. Additional EMR Conversion needs Two hospitals in the UNC Health Care system in North Carolina will swap from Meditech to Epic during an EMR conversion in the fall. The go-live dates at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro and Nash Health Care in Rocky Mount is September 22.
Cerner ranked top EHR by nurses in satisfaction survey
Cerner took the top spot among all electronic health record systems, according to Black Book Research’s 2018 EHR Loyalty Survey released this week. The market research company surveyed almost 15,000 registered nurses in three separate surveys across forty states and received 7,409 total respondents. Survey participants were asked to rank EHR systems on their overall usability and functionality in four areas. Those surveyed also had to have used one of these systems in the last four years. Cerner had the highest average usability and functionality rating of 93 percent, followed by Meditech and Allscripts in second and third place. Cerner is one of the top five most popular EHR systems in hospitals today, with 25,000 customers nationwide according to Capterra. eClinical Works, the largest EHR in the states by a total number of customers, received the lowest scores in all categories, earning an average rating of 39 percent. Overall average scores show an increasing level of confidence nurses have in using EHR systems. In BlackBook’s 2014 survey, the average rating across all EHR systems was 21 percent, which has jumped to 79 percent this year. Additionally, 96 percent of this year’s respondents said they would not want to back to using paper systems. Among different hospital roles, emergency room, oncology, labor and delivery, and operating room nurses reported the highest average satisfaction levels using EHR system. Medical-surgical, ambulatory and psych nurses reported the lowest average scores.