News Summary :
Epic is winning a growing proportion of new system sales, at least partly due to the fact that some of the most highly regarded healthcare systems use the Epic EMR. Epic also claims that its customers account for 69% of acute care hospitals and 90% of ambulatory clinics that have achieved Stage 7, the highest level of the HIMSS EMR adoption model. Emerging dominance invariably leads to mounting criticism. For Epic, the rap against it consists of three primary issues: it’s based on old technology, it’s costly and it’s a closed system that shares poorly with others. These points have varying justification.
