Here is a look at some of the company’s new tools and applications, according to a March 4 press release from Epic:
- Advancing generative AI: Epic continues to expand its generative AI capabilities, integrating the technology across clinician workflows, patient interactions, revenue cycle management and clinical decision-making. AI agents embedded within the Epic platform can automate administrative and clinical tasks, such as engaging patients about care goals, identifying missing lab orders and scheduling procedures in advance to improve efficiency and the patient experience.
- Enhancing clinician documentation: Epic is accelerating efforts to improve documentation with ambient voice recognition and multimodal capabilities. The company has released new specifications to broaden integration options for voice-to-text note-writing workflows. Future advancements will incorporate video processing, image recognition and genomic data analysis to further refine and expedite clinical documentation.
- Interoperability: Epic is making strides in national health data exchange, with more than 2,000 hospitals and 50,000 clinics either live or preparing to adopt the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement. Additionally, Epic has expanded individual access services, enabling patients to securely retrieve medical records through nearly 800 live third-party apps. The company’s support for U.S. Core Data for Interoperability v3 is available for free on open.epic, where developers can access more than 750 no-cost APIs and interfaces. Since launching USCDI v3 APIs in 2024, Epic has recorded over 8 billion API calls, according to the company.
- Expanding the Epic app ecosystem: Epic’s Showroom, which features vendor-developed applications integrated into the Epic system, now hosts more than 1,000 apps, including 200 added in the past year. Since its 2024 launch, 344 new listings have been added, and FHIR API usage has grown from 6 billion to 10 billion monthly calls.
- Bringing genomics to the point of care: Epic’s new Cosnome initiative integrates genomic sequencing data into the Cosmos dataset, allowing clinicians and researchers to gain real-time insights at the point of care. By combining genomic and clinical data, health systems can advance precision medicine and deliver more personalized treatments, according to Epic.
- Organ donor registration in MyChart: Epic is partnering with Donate Life America to enable patients to register as organ, eye and tissue donors directly through MyChart. Patients will also have the option to donate organs for research and education purposes. With more than 100,000 Americans waiting for transplants, the integration aims to expand donor participation and improve outcomes.
- New solutions for healthcare operations: Epic is developing a clinical trials management system to unify research workflows and improve collaboration among patients, clinicians and administrators. Additionally, the company is building an integrated enterprise resource planning system designed to consolidate financial, operational and clinical data to enhance decision-making and efficiency.