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...and monopolistic control over that EMR via no HL7 integration.

• bduerst 10y ago
  Epic Bridges sends/receives HL7 messages to just about any software with an interface. I'm not sure what you're talking about.
  • casparz 10y ago
    In addition to that, they are well underway to supporting HL7 FHIR (the new version of HL7).
    • siculars 10y ago
      When I can do bidirectional programmatic interface to Epic let me know. I won't hold my breath.
  • eonw 10y ago
    I wasn't on the team that implemented this at a large healthcare provider, but i remember that team bitched about it a lot. its also mentioned as a compliant on EPICs wikipedia article.
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    • bduerst 10y ago
      That's because healthcare interfaces are terribly difficult to work with, because they're the worst of two worlds - mountains of bureaucracy mixed with different tech stacks from different eras.
      • siculars 10y ago
        You don't have to search too hard to read horror stories about interfacing with Epic. In practice EMR vendors are financially disincentivized from interfacing with anyone. To your point, why, specifically, is it so difficult to interface with these systems? Could it be by design?
        • bduerst 10y ago
          Right, because you're searching for stories about interfacing with Epic and they have 50% of the patient marketshare. That's how appeals to popularity work. You still didn't elaborate on why you said Epic has no HL7 integration.