The April Fools’ Day prank highlighted Mr. Cramer’s comments in January that Apple should buy the EHR vendor to boost its Health Records service, which lets iPhone users access their medical information from participating hospitals.
“If Apple wants to become the universal electronic health records provider, to be the handshake between, say, the [Apple] Watch’s data and the [EHR] system, they’re going to need to break into this market big, and the best way to do that is by acquiring the best: Epic,” Mr. Cramer said.
Referencing Mr. Cramer’s statements, Epic’s April Fools’ Day statement reads “Epic, a privately held corporation sitting atop foundational commandments like ‘do not go public’ and ‘do not be acquired’ had little to say at the time [of Mr. Cramer’s comments], except for CEO Judy Faulkner, who remarked ‘Who’s Jim Cramer?'”
Epic’s post goes on to joke that the under Mr. Cramer’s leadership, the EHR vendor has entered an agreement to acquire Fitbit.
Epic’s April Fools’ Day prank also includes statements that the company is hiring specialists in Fortnite, a popular online video game developed by Epic Games, which is unaffiliated with the EHR giant, as well as plans to release an interactive patient system called “MyMom,” which sends task alerts to patients.
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