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They were the first 'big' client of Epic Software. Many other hospital systems around the US now use Epic, and have similar features.
by briffle 9y ago
They were the first 'big' client of Epic Software. Many other hospital systems around the US now use Epic, and have similar features.
- guelo 9y agoThe difference is when you're on something like BlueCross you have a "network" of hospitals and independent doctors and labs and pharmacies that you can choose from. But those are not on all on one IT system and a lot of times they have no way of communicating with each other. With Kaiser it's all vertically integrated under one company that can impose a system-wide IT system.
- astrange 9y agoYou may be amused to hear about the programming language they use. https://thedailywtf.com/articles/A_Case_of_the_MUMPS https://thedailywtf.com/articles/A_Case_of_the_MUMPS