Epic Systems Corp. news and information

Before the release of the omnibus privacy rule earlier his year, or passage of the more stringent privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or even the main federal health information privacy law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, there...
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A coalition of five electronic health-record developers created a buzz and a controversy last month when they announced they were forming the CommonWell Health Alliance to promote health information exchange.
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Four developers of electronic health-record system are in a tight battle to become the most popular developer of complete, inpatient EHR systems that hospitals use to achieve meaningful use and receive Medicare EHR incentive payments, an analysis of federal program data shows.
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Epic Systems Corp. has more physicians and other eligible professionals who have attested as meaningful users of complete electronic health-record systems in the ambulatory-care setting than any other vendor in a still-crowded and intensely competitive field, an analysis of federal data shows.
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Where's Epic? In his keynote address Tuesday, cardiologist and healthcare information technology futurist Dr. Eric Topol asked that question.
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Where's Epic? In his keynote address Tuesday, cardiologist and health IT futurist Dr. Eric Topol asked that question.
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WakeMed Health & Hospitals, Raleigh, N.C., is bookmarking nearly $100 million to implement an integrated electronic health-record system, its largest single health IT investment to date.
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The labels "cheap," "free" and "government-sponsored," respectively, could describe the three top-rated electronic health-record systems in a just-released online survey of more than 21,000 physicians.
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The market for electronic health-record systems is slowing for hospitals of 200 or more beds as two developers, Epic Systems and Cerner, consolidate their positions atop the heap, according to health IT market watcher KLAS Enterprises, Orem, Utah.
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Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Fremont, Calif., is halfway through installing an $86 million Epic Systems electronic health-record system.
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