Epic continues to expand its footprint across health systems through new implementations, product updates and partnerships.
In the past 30 days, organizations have gone live on Epic, adopted new artificial intelligence tools within the EHR, and participated in federal data-sharing initiatives.
Here are 12 Epic updates Becker’s Hospital Review reported in May:
- Adar Palis, senior vice president and chief of clinical applications and technology at Renton, Wash.-based Providence, told Becker’s it is expanding its use of Epic’s native AI tools as part of a broader effort to reduce application complexity, streamline clinician workflows and limit reliance on standalone point solutions.
- Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner told Katie Couric during a recent live interview at the company’s Wisconsin headquarters that its business practices are necessary to protect innovation and customers, even as it faces mounting legal challenges over competition and employment policies. Ms. Faulkner compared Epic’s noncompete agreements to safeguarding Coca-Cola’s secret formula, arguing they prevent employees from sharing confidential knowledge with competitors. Her comments come as Epic fends off scrutiny over its market dominance and hiring restrictions.
- In a motion filed May 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Epic asked a federal court to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the EHR vendor of using its market dominance to restrict interoperability and make it difficult for disabled patients to obtain medical records needed for Social Security disability claims. The lawsuit was filed in March by the American Association for Disability Justice and two individuals.
- New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center said its positive financial results in the first quarter of 2026 were due in part to its new Epic EHR. The organization said its $107 million surplus and operating margin of 9% were “supported by ongoing efficiencies in patient access and through the Epic.”
- On May 30, Lakes Regional Healthcare will implement an Epic EHR system.
- Freeman Health System in Joplin, Mo., will be switching over to an Epic EHR system on Oct. 24.
- Epic picked up 77 acute care hospitals in 2025, according to a KLAS Research report. The company continues to grow its hospital EHR market share lead.
- The University of Texas at Austin rolled out Epic at its ambulatory practice in May.
- Judge David Conway of Dane County (Wis.) Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit against Epic that challenged the EHR vendor’s noncompete agreements. Life sciences tech firm Veeva Systems sued the EHR vendor in January claiming Epic’s employment clauses restrict Veeva’s ability to recruit its former employees.
- Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner told “Freakonomics Radio” said the company has only lost one health system customer — which returned a year later — arguing that Epic’s interoperability, broad functionality and physician familiarity keep organizations loyal despite ongoing usability complaints.
- Stephen Hosea, MD, chief medical information officer at Baton Rouge, La.-based Our Lady Health System, told Becker’s the organization is deploying Epic’s ‘Chart with Art’ across its hospitals and clinics.”
- Epic flagged unusual activity tied to a national health information exchange, prompting Michigan Medicine to notify 551 patients of a privacy incident involving unauthorized access to medical information. Pittsburgh-based UPMC was also notified by Epic of a similar breach in March.
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