Product Architect, Epic EMR
The
- *Product Architect for Epic EMR**
serves as the strategic and technical leader for the design, build, optimization, governance and integration of Epic EMR systems - focused on Clinical Documentation, Cadence (Scheduling), and Ambulatory) domains— supporting Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and specialized Rehabilitation Centers across multiple health systems and enterprise instances. The Architect ensures the Epic platform supports clinical excellence, maximizes therapy compliance, and facilitates seamless patient access through optimized scheduling. This role blends deep Epic build expertise with informatics leadership and systems architecture knowledge to advance interoperability, data-driven decision-making, and workflow optimization across diverse care environments. The Product Architect will partner closely with clinical, operational, and IT leadership to architect scalable solutions, align Epic configurations with clinical practice and business goals, and ensure consistent, high-performing user experiences across the organization’s Epic landscape.
- *Essential Functions
- *Epic Product Architecture & Strategy
- Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, and build strategy for assigned Epic domains (Clin Doc, Cadence, Ambulatory), ensuring stability, scalability, and interoperability across multiple Epic instances.
- Develop and maintain an Epic architectural playbook (blueprint) to deliver Physical Therapy related Epic workflows and protocols with associated values to PT Solutions’ hospital partners and that supports multi-entity operations, shared data models, and federated governance.
- Evaluate and harmonize Epic configurations across affiliated or acquired health systems, ensuring consistency in workflows, templates, and technical standards while respecting local variations.
- Establish a shared informatics framework to guide clinical content standardization (e.g., SmartTools, order sets, documentation templates, visit types).
- Anticipate system interactions, dependencies, and integration touchpoints with enterprise applications such as ERP, CRM, analytics, and patient engagement platforms.
- Serve as the internal subject matter expert for Epic interoperability capabilities including Care Everywhere, FHIR APIs, HL7 interfaces, and Bridges/Interconnect.
- *Clinical Informatics & Workflow Alignment
- Partner with clinicians to ensure Epic workflows reflect best clinical practice, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
- Translate clinical and business needs into Epic configuration designs that improve usability, quality documentation, and clinical decision support.
- Utilize Epic tools such as Signal, Slicer Dicer, and Reporting Workbench to assess workflow efficiency, identify improvement opportunities, and measure impact.
- Apply informatics principles to ensure Epic system design aligns with quality reporting patient safety, and evidence-based practice standards.
- Collaborate with Clinical Informatics and CMIO teams to drive governance, optimization, and data-driven change management.
- *Multi-System Integration & Enterprise Collaboration
- Coordinate technology and workflow alignment across multiple Epic instances—balancing enterprise governance with site-level flexibility.
- Architect cross-instance integration models that support consolidated reporting, referral management, scheduling, and shared care coordination.
- Partner with data and analytics teams to design and implement a unified data architecture, ensuring normalized data flow across Epic environments and downstream systems.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships by assessing Epic system compatibility, planning data migration, and leading cross-instance interoperability design.
- Collaborate with vendor and interface teams to implement FHIR-based interoperability and seamless information exchange across entities.
- *Project Management and Leadership
- Drive planning, execution, and delivery of implementations, optimizations, upgrades, and multi-instance integration initiatives, ensuring scope, timeline, and quality targets are met.
- Align analysts, stakeholders, interface teams, and vendors—to ensure consistent build, workflow design, and decision-making.
- Identify and mitigate project risks, manage technical and workflow dependencies, oversee structured change control, and ensure adherence to governance standards in multi-entity environments.
- Direct integrated testing, training coordination, cutover planning, and go-live support, ensuring technical readiness, workflow validation, and smooth operational transitions.
- Deliver clear executive updates, maintain project documentation, and lead post-go-live assessments
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