West Penn Allegheny Health System Employer Reviews

Absolutely no physician oversight. Management is an arrogant tyrant!

Most days are unpredictable in terms of what issues I will need to resolve for our clients but a typical day is essentially to assist with end-user support and in between work on medium size projects such as go-live implementations, new user builds in the system, and working with other groups with our newest API (Allscripts Practice Improvement) project.
The – more... atmosphere is great starting with my leadership and lead Analysts who are always available to assist and teach.
In the past two years I have learned the implementation piece of how to roll out an EHR system for a small or big practices and how to support it. Overall, this is a good place to be at for an entry-level IT professional but the opportunities for growth are limited. – less

Disorganized. Lack of respect and loyalty among the staff. Completely unprofessional at times! Would never work there again, nor go there as a patient after hearing how they talk about some of the patients and physicians.

I start at 8:00a.m. set up my exam rooms, make copies of the schedule and get my supplies ready. I learn more everyday about allergies and asthma the causes and how to treat them. My supervisor makes sure that I have what I need and keeps lines of communication open. We work together due to us being small and a specialist so we pick up the slack when – more... someone is off or running late.The hardest part of the job is having limited appointment space and not being to accomadate each patient. I enjoy meeting new people and helping patients get relief from their medical issues. – less

Loved what I did. Would have stayed if I did not have to relocate. Compensation was very good.

Discrimination against women. Male dominated dept. No advancement opportunities. Unsafe work loads and a manager / supervisors who do not work a full 40 hrs. Unsafe patient work loads, poor leadership, no advancement , male dominated dept. This is a very stressful place to work.

Workflow is exciting and challenging. Projects that enrich patients experience with health concerns.

I love what I do. There is no typical day at work. I work a variety of interesting and enjoyable jobs. In a week I might fill in for a school nurse, teach CPR, teach an after-school program (includes first aid, CPR, and sitter safety),and work for the physician in his practice.

Benefits are great, compensation can be decent. Coworkers were great.

If you are looking for an unstable job with unqualified management, this is the right place for you! Overworked, favoritism, poor department morale! The "manager" is a complete joke and not at all qualified for the position. Therefore, the staff suffers greatly. Go 5 miles up the road for a stable and fun hospital.

With all the changes forth coming it will be exciting to see how this all plays out for the Health System.
There has been major changes in management over the years and job security is uncertain at this point in time.
I enjoy what I do here and have learned a lot from my immediate superiors. They are always willing to show employees new things

A typical day would be figuring out how to do my job with minimal training. Training was on your own for this position despite being told by management that they would train you. (Don't believe that is true). They are in the middle of a takeover with Highmark BCBS so they are unstable in their actions. They are lacking in policy and procedure. Most – more... of the knowledge to perform this position was self taught. Managment does not give you any information to complete your job correctly. The hardest part of the job was knowing what the management wanted in their audit reports, as they have poor documentation examples to follow. How you wrote your audits may change in the course of writing the document. The most enjoyable part of the job was being allowed to leave early during the holidays. – less

so much to learn of any angles at the hospital. employees are wonderful

Currently it is very unstable due to the Highmark merge. It is very common to see under qualified professionals in over qualified positions.

Managment is inconsistant
No training processes in place
Co workers were great
Learning the rules and regulations were fun!

very good benefits, very nice and dependable co workers, vacation and holiday pay lots of overtime hours. Flexible scheduling

The hardest part of the job was sometimes working alone. I worked the evening shift so after 5pm most staff was gone for the day. I was able to multi-task and get the work done that needed done for the shift.