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I thought EPIC was already kind of the defacto national healthcare patient software system, seems like every hospital uses them.
by galdosdi 2y ago
I thought EPIC was already kind of the defacto national healthcare patient software system, seems like every hospital uses them.
- zamadatix 2y agoEpic is only in around 1/3 of hospitals or a little under 1/2 of hospital beds (pick your favorite measure). Cerner and Athena are other big ones. Usually a regional provider tends to go with one so some regions may seem to be all Epic and others all Cerner but overall Epic is far from a national system rather just the one with plurality. Coming from healthcare IT (and actually at Ascension for a stint) and working with Epic, Cerner, and Athena I'll say they aren't really strides different from each other in technology effectiveness. Ascension in particular is a mix. E.g. the Wisconsin region uses Epic but the Indiana region uses Athena with no plans for one system to take over all regions (very costly to migrate for little change in delivered value).