The University of Kansas Health System Tech Stack
Academic medical center with clinical trials, translational research, and specialized care
The University of Kansas Health System operates as a 10,000+ person academic medical center anchored by Epic, MyChart, and a clinical-research infrastructure spanning translational research, clinical trials, and pharmacy residency programs. The hiring profile skews heavily clinical (817 of 948 active roles in healthcare delivery), with minimal engineering capacity (9 roles)—typical for hospital systems where IT operations and clinical workflows dominate over in-house software development. Current pain points center on patient flow, medication safety, and staffing coverage, suggesting workflow optimization rather than custom application development is the primary IT lever.
Tech Stack 35 technologies
What The University of Kansas Health System Is Building
◆Challenges
- Improving patient flow
- Unit performance improvement
- Strengthening existing systems
- Managing patient flow
- Reducing costs
- Staffing coverage
- Reducing medication errors
- Improving medication safety
- High risk patient care
- Staffing shortages
▲Active Projects
- Clinical trials
- Performance improvement initiatives
- Pharmacy residency program support
- Translational research
- Medication reconciliation
- Medication incident review
- Pharmacy department publication
- Poster presentation for pharmacy association meeting
- Geriatric oncology program development
- Varian aria/eclipse v18.0 upgrade
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Program Director, Pharmacy Director, Claims & Insurance Director, Director of Nursing, Director Annual Giving
