KthehopefulPA Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Hey everyone. Just wondering if any PAs or if anyone knows PAs that both practice and are involved in something tech related. I shadowed a PA that was involved in developing EPIC systems for the hospital, so I found that to be really cool and would love to do something similar. I guess it's because I almost did computer science, but decided I should focus on medicine. I would love to know how difficult this is or if it's just a right place right time sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted June 10 Administrator Share Posted June 10 PAs who are good at IT stuff are always welcome by the nursing or MA staff who don't have to babysit them. There will be plenty of opportunities to become an expert in whatever EMR you end up using, assuming it's any good. Actually being a developer or on a hospital's project team is a bit less common, but certainly likely. My undergraduate degree is in IT, and I left a ~20 year IT career to become a PA. It's endlessly frustrating for me to see how terrible healthcare IT is and how much better it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRate Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 You can try to become a "superuser" of whatever emr system you use. Not sure if it pays but that might be a way to get your foot in the tech door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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