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The roles in your company that are needed to get this phase done are:
Integration Engineer
This is a technical person that needs to be able to understand data and how to use Iguana. They need to have good communication skills in order to communicate with other technical people in your customer.
Project Manager
The role of this person is to make sure everything gets done in the timeframe they need to be completed.
Security and Infra-structure Team
It’s important that this team is engaged in your organization to make sure the infra-structure set up is both reliable and secure. Security is a huge problem in the current IT landscape.
These are the tasks which need to be performed.
Implementation Guide from EPIC
EPIC is a complex system which is implemented differently at each healthcare facility. So it’s important that you get the implementation guide for the hospital you are interfacing with.
Why is it complicated to implement Epic?
Explain your data needs.
It will be necessary to explain to Epic what the data needs of your application are.
This is because you will need to guide Epic customer support staff through setting up the connection required for your application.
How do you get Epic to co-operate with you?
To motivate Epic to work with your organization a good technique is to work with a customer of Epic to get your first project done. This customer will have more influence with Epic to help get the co-operation you need to do your integration.
BAA - Business Associate Agreement
This is an agreement with you need so that the hospital can share data with you.