r/healthIT

Idk if this is the right sub but this is more a vent and question type of post. I started at this organization 1.5-2 years ago out of college and got assigned into their healthcare sector (not what I signed up for but I say yes to opportunities). Within the time I’ve been here (started as an intern now full time), I’ve been completely lost. Everyone around me is 10+ years older than me and been at the company for years/decades. I have no healthcare background (business background) and this whole industry of healthcare IT is so damn complex, confusing, and so boring to me. I look at others around me and question if they’re like me and fake their interest in Healthcare IT, but everyone is actually extremely passionate about the industry, their jobs, and the company.

I guess I’m struggling because I’m so lost, can’t get myself to care about this stuff, and it’s hard to learn about the field because there’s no courses I can take that will give me a well rounded understanding and everyone has been here for years and obviously they can’t transfer their knowledge to me. What makes this even more difficult is I work an internal job so I’m not hands on with clients or our products day to day. My job is so vague and ambiguous and the fact that I barely understand what’s going on at my company is driving me nuts and causing so much anxiety.

I don’t know what to say or ask, really, other than I’m wondering if others feel this way or if this is a sign to pivot after I get my few years of experience at this place. I have no idea what I really would like to do for work but I know what I don’t want and it’s this. Although Im a little upset and am trying to make myself like like where im at because I love the culture, my team, and my pay. It’s very conflicting and anxiety inducing for me :( ok rants over, thanks

I notice that I was getting a bunch of warnings about overdue vaccinations, labs, and so on that I had already done through Kaiser Permanente. Looking more closely, I found out that these warnings were coming from other MyChart accounts that I linked.

As a result, I think that if I were able to link Kaiser Permanente to MyChart Central, then this would resolve the issues. But I saw that it's not available yet.

Finally, even my current doctor didn't know this, and thought the warnings would automatically clear by themselves. This just shows how complicated Epic can be.

I started as a cybersecurity analyst and programmer at a healthcare startup. 2 year later I’ve been working as a full stack developer and been doing it for 8 years now.

I’ve been trying to get back into healthcare for a while now and somehow want to be able to work at a hospital. Not necessarily with direct patients but I don’t mind it at all. Just be able to leverage my technical skills on the hospital floors.

I have both bachelors and masters in computer science and been considering taking a certification or even get back to school to be able to achieve what I’m looking for.

I have worked with Epic, HL7, Healthcare EDI and payment systems if that helps. I just need some directions to guide me to what I should be looking for.