An Epic Certified Consultant is an IT or healthcare technology professional who has earned certification from Epic Systems in one or more of its software applications and provides expertise in implementing, configuring, optimizing, supporting, or upgrading Epic’s electronic health record (EHR) system.
Epic Certified Consultants are typically hired by hospitals, healthcare systems, consulting firms, or staffing agencies to help organizations get the most value from their Epic investment.
What they do
Depending on their certification and role, an Epic Certified Consultant may:
- Implement new Epic modules for hospitals or clinics.
- Gather business and clinical requirements from users.
- Configure workflows to meet organizational needs.
- Build and test system functionality.
- Migrate and validate data.
- Train physicians, nurses, and administrative staff.
- Troubleshoot production issues.
- Support Epic upgrades and new releases.
- Optimize existing workflows to improve efficiency and patient care.
- Coordinate with technical teams for interfaces and integrations.
Common Epic certifications
Epic offers certifications in many application areas, including:
- Ambulatory – Outpatient clinics
- Inpatient Clinical Documentation
- Orders
- Willow – Pharmacy
- Beacon – Oncology
- Radiant – Radiology
- Cupid – Cardiology
- OpTime/Anesthesia – Surgical services
- Resolute Professional Billing
- Resolute Hospital Billing
- Cadence – Scheduling
- Prelude – Registration
- Healthy Planet – Population health
- MyChart – Patient portal
- Cogito – Reporting and analytics
- Clarity – Data warehouse and reporting
- Bridges – Interfaces and interoperability
Many consultants hold multiple certifications.
Skills required
Successful Epic Certified Consultants usually have:
- Strong healthcare workflow knowledge
- Business analysis and requirements gathering skills
- System configuration experience
- Testing and quality assurance expertise
- Project management abilities
- Training and documentation skills
- Problem-solving and communication skills
- Familiarity with healthcare standards such as HL7 and FHIR
How to become Epic certified
Unlike many technology certifications, individuals generally cannot enroll independently. Certification typically requires:
- Employment with, or sponsorship by, a healthcare organization or consulting firm that has an Epic relationship.
- Attendance at Epic training courses.
- Passing certification exams and practical projects.
This means most professionals become certified after being hired by an Epic customer or partner.
Salary
In the United States, Epic Certified Consultants often earn:
- Full-time employees: approximately $90,000–$170,000+ annually, depending on specialty and experience.
- Independent consultants: approximately $80–$150+ per hour, with highly specialized consultants sometimes earning more for short-term projects.
Career opportunities
Epic Certified Consultants commonly work as:
- Epic Application Analyst
- Epic Implementation Consultant
- Epic Business Analyst
- Epic Systems Analyst
- Epic Project Manager
- Epic Trainer
- Epic Integration Consultant
- Epic Reporting Analyst
- Epic Optimization Consultant
These roles are in demand because many hospitals and health systems rely on Epic as their core EHR platform and require experienced professionals to implement, maintain, and optimize it.