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. 2020 Mar 4;2019:765–773.

Table 1.

Respondents’ reasons for feeling comfortable or uncomfortable with the migration to Epic.

Reason for Feeling Comfortable Percentage of Participants (N=858) Reason for Feeling Uncomfortable Percentage of Participants (N=153)
Epic will better support my clinical work 60.4% Epic will not support my clinical work as well 24.8%
Epic will be less time consuming to use 58.7% Epic will be more time consuming to use 41.8%
- - Moving to a new electronic medical records system is too expensive 38.6%
Epic will make it easier to retrieve data 57.6% Epic will make it more difficult to retrieve data 22.2%
Epic’s user interface is easier to learn and use 54.1% Epic’s user interface is more difficult to learn and use 29.4%
Epic will better support quality improvement 33.6% Epic will not support quality improvement as well 16.3%
Epic will better support population health management 17.7% Epic will not support population health management as well 4.6%
Epic will less likely interfere with my interaction with patients 14.6% Epic will more likely interfere with my interaction with patients 14.4%
Epic will better support research 12.8% Epic will not support research as well 3.3%
Epic has fewer patient safety risks 11.4% Epic has more patient safety risks 11.8%
Epic will better support the learning of medical students, residents, and fellows 11.4% - -