NexBridge Health Systems
Epic Practice

Epic consulting capacity when permanent hiring cannot match the project timeline.

NexBridge matches healthcare organizations with consultants whose relevant Epic certifications and experience are verified for the engagement, subject to availability.

Who this is for

Hospitals and health systems running an Epic environment day to day.

Application teams that need experienced analysts, integration engineers or principal trainers on a defined scope of work.

Program leaders navigating an implementation, an upgrade cycle or a specific optimization initiative who do not want to carry the role as a permanent hire.

IT leadership looking for accountable consulting help that can be scoped to a single application or a single deliverable.

Core capabilities

Five practice areas we staff and support.

Engagements are scoped to one of these areas rather than sold as a bundle. Each consultant is matched to the specific application and lifecycle phase in play.

  1. 01

    Application support and optimization

    Analyst and lead capacity for ongoing build queues, workflow tuning and adoption work inside individual Epic applications.

  2. 02

    Implementation and upgrade support

    Additional hands during net-new implementations, community connect rollouts, version upgrades and quarterly release validation.

  3. 03

    Interoperability and data exchange

    Bridges analysts and integration engineers for HL7 v2 interface work, FHIR endpoints and Care Everywhere connectivity.

  4. 04

    Training and operational readiness

    Principal trainers, curriculum contributors and end-user readiness support for go-lives and major releases.

  5. 05

    Specialized staffing

    Contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire placement for Epic application analysts, integration and reporting roles.

Typical engagements

Illustrative engagement examples.

Illustrative examples of the shape an Epic engagement can take. These are descriptive scenarios, not published case studies.

  • An ambulatory analyst supporting a build queue during a specialty clinic expansion.
  • A Bridges engineer standing up a new HL7 interface to a third-party laboratory system.
  • A principal trainer contributing to curriculum updates ahead of a quarterly release.
  • An application lead running an optimization sprint on inpatient orders.
  • A reporting analyst producing Clarity and Cogito content for an operations dashboard.
What you receive

The deliverables of a consulting engagement.

  • Named consultants

    Résumés, interviews and a clear match to the scope you defined.

  • An applicable written engagement agreement

    Scope, deliverables, duration and change-control expectations. The agreement may be a statement of work, staffing agreement or other approved contract, depending on the engagement.

  • Documented build and decisions

    Analyst work captured in your Epic environment and change logs.

  • Regular status reporting

    Progress against the scope on a cadence your team sets.

  • Handoff notes

    Runbooks and knowledge transfer so the work is maintainable after we roll off.

Engagement process

A simple four-step process.

  1. STEP 1
    Discovery call

    A short conversation to understand the application area, timeline and skills you need.

  2. STEP 2
    Scope and profile

    An applicable written engagement agreement and the consultant profile aligned to the defined scope.

  3. STEP 3
    Match and interview

    Candidates presented, interviewed by your team and confirmed against the scope.

  4. STEP 4
    Engagement and handoff

    Consultant onboards, delivers to the scope and hands off documented work at close.

Talk to us about an Epic engagement.

Share the application area, the timeline and the shape of the work. We will respond with next steps and, when it fits, a proposed consultant profile.

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