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What is it?

HDAA's Epic SIG meets the fourth Wednesday of every month to discuss analytics issues in and around the Epic electronic health record. The group discusses Cogito and Caboodle optimization, Slicer/Dicer and other analytics products that come with Epic. It also hosts conversations about extracting Epic data into external analytics environments.

In 2022, HDAA brought into the fold an external Microsoft/Epic users group. This group now meets as the HDAA Epic SIG. Its primary focus is still on the marriage of Microsoft tools to Epic data, but the conversations extend to non-Microsoft environments as well.

SIG Chair

Dan Ryan, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Chair

Epic SIG Advisory Team

  • Dan Ryan Beth Israel Lahey Health, Chair
  • Peter Ivers Johns Hopkins Medicine,
  • Danny Collins Genesis HealthCare System
  • Ryan Harmon Legacy Health System
  • Scott Powell ECU Health
  • Marvin Stiles Kettering Health Network
  • John Thelen St. Charles Health System
  • James Ward Trinsic Clinically Integrated Network
  • J.D. Whitlock Dayton Children's Hospital
  • Christine Kelly-Fisher UVA Health

Upcoming events

TBD

Recently completed events

January 2025:   Shawn McDonald from UNC presented how they built a Fabric Datalake including all of Caboodle and their SAP HANA data warehouse. 

October 2024: Christine Kelly-Fisher discusses SlicerDicer adoption.

September 2024: The Epic SIG held an in-person roundtable at the HDAA 2024 conference in Chapel Hill.

August 2024:  The group discussed the recent Epic UGM, plus an overview of Johns Hopkins Fabric pilot.

July 2024: Erin Swiatocha at VHC Health gave her thoughts on effective staffing of an Epic analytics shop.

May 2024: Scott Powell at ECU Health discussed his early work with massive amounts of Epic data on Microsoft Fabric.

April 2024: Jason Foerch, Principal Program Manager for Microsoft's healthcare data team, discusses healthcare workflows and templates being developed for Fabric.

January 2024: Building on prior presentations from Epic and Microsoft, the group held a roundtable on their approach to data lakes with Epic Nebula and Microsoft Fabric looming.

Click here for the full archive of Epic SIG recordings. Access to HDAA archives is for members only.

Want to join the conversation?

Post a question on the Epic forum. Access is members only.

For more information, or to volunteer for the advisory team, contact the SIG Chair from the contacts list or contact The Program Director HDAA Programs