Olajuwon, raised in Newark, said she's always been interested in healthcare and knew about Epic because her mother is a nurse and her father is a doctor. As a minor in information systems, 'Maybe I'll discover something I like and have an opportunity to grow into the role.' I thought it was an interesting opportunity to get to know what's behind the scenes,' he said. 'I've had quite a long history with medical issues myself. He has a unique fondness for learning, in that he serves as a tutor in the college study center. Katayama learned about the program as a member of the college's student leadership council. Maybe I'll discover something I like and have an opportunity to grow into the role. The intern will be required to complete these tasks within a set timeframe within our environment.' I thought it was an interesting opportunity to get to know what's behind the scenes. The analyst will assign tasks based on the Epic training program to the intern. Upon completion of the training program, the intern will be assigned to a University Hospital Epic analyst. The total program will take approximately 40 hours to be completed. 'The training program will be conducted via e-learning videos provided by Epic. 'The interns will be required to complete a self-paced training program,' he continued. I would like them to be able to attend meetings related to their projects when possible and assist with user acceptance testing as well as integrated testing as needed,' Gregorio said. They won't work a set number of hours per week. The first interns are Vandana Kadia, studying for a master's in financial technology, Kevin Katayama, a junior finance major, Shoaib Mohammed, studying for a master's in business analytics, and Segiade Olajuwon, a junior concentrating on management information systems. Now, management students will learn some of the basics of Epic through internships at University Hospital here in Newark, and if they do well then the hospital is likely to hire them when positions are available on an Epic certification track, explained Tomas Gregorio, the hospital's chief innovation and technology officer, himself a Martin Tuchman alumnus and former healthcare executive at NJIT-owned New Jersey Innovation Institute. Students at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management are getting a rare opportunity to become trained in medical records software from Epic Systems Corp., the Apple of its field, which experts say is a sure path to a stable and high-paying job in healthcare technology.Įlectronic medical records, or EMR, is a $20 billion software industry for organizing every aspect of patient's healthcare experiences, from insurance to communications to the clinical details of care provided - but Epic only certifies employees of hospitals, where administrators are highly selective about who they send to the expensive courses only offered in Wisconsin.

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