<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Verdana Health Advisory — Insights</title><description>Thought leadership on running Epic upgrades the agile way — continuous adoption, sprint-based delivery, and rolling training.</description><link>https://epic-upgrade.com/</link><item><title>Epic Optimization Is a Practice, Not a Project: Building a Continuous Adoption Cadence</title><link>https://epic-upgrade.com/blog/epic-optimization-continuous-adoption/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://epic-upgrade.com/blog/epic-optimization-continuous-adoption/</guid><description>Most health systems have a growing backlog of unactivated Epic features. Treating optimization as an ongoing practice — not a periodic project — is how the best programs eliminate it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Hospitals Fall Behind on Epic — and How to Close the Version Gap Without a Big-Bang Event</title><link>https://epic-upgrade.com/blog/epic-upgrade-without-big-bang-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://epic-upgrade.com/blog/epic-upgrade-without-big-bang-risk/</guid><description>Falling multiple Epic versions behind is a systemic problem, not a resource problem. Here is what causes it and how to recover without another high-risk big-bang upgrade.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Agile in Healthcare: Why Your Epic Team Is Still Running on Waterfall Time</title><link>https://epic-upgrade.com/blog/agile-in-healthcare/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://epic-upgrade.com/blog/agile-in-healthcare/</guid><description>Most hospital IT teams have adopted agile in name but not in practice. Here is what genuine agile delivery looks like for Epic build and upgrade work.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>