New York City Health and Hospital Corp.'s decision to select Epic Systems Corp. as its electronic health-record vendor has drawn a protest from Allscripts.
Allscripts declined to release its protest saying it was not public. The city-owned hospital system said the protest was confidential. Glen Tullman, Allscripts CEO, said in an interview that the vendor rejected claims by HHC that rival bids by Epic and Allscripts were comparable on cost.
Allscripts would cost HHC $700 million less, he said. Tullman said the competing bids should be publicly reviewed.