EHRs

A former Epic Systems employee has sued the EHR vendor alleging its noncompete agreement and related policies violate California law. Andrea Hull filed the lawsuit July 24 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Ms. Hull…

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network launched Emmie, an artificial intelligence assistant built by Epic, inside its MyChart patient portal. Emmie lets patients ask conversational questions about their health records and get personalized answers drawn from visit notes, test results and prior…

Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health launched Epic as its new EHR across all of its facilities July 27. Inspira deployed more than 50 digital tools from Epic’s AI suite and cognitive computing models starting on day one. Some tools help…

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health spent nearly a decade waiting for the technology to catch up to an idea, and when large language models finally arrived, the health system built the tool itself rather than wait for a vendor to do…

Life sciences tech firm Veeva Systems has appealed a court ruling that dismissed its lawsuit challenging Epic’s noncompete agreements. Veeva sued Epic in January, arguing the EHR vendor’s restrictive covenants — including a noncompete tied to Epic’s “Company List” of…

Wisconsin Department of Health Services selected Epic to build a statewide EHR system, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed to Becker’s. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services could not provide additional specifics as it is in the process of negotiating…

A growing number of hospitals are adopting Epic, reinforcing the company’s position as the dominant electronic health record vendor in the U.S. hospital market. Epic expanded its lead in 2025, increasing its share of the acute care hospital EHR market…

For a growing number of health systems, the Epic go-live or upgrade is no longer primarily an information technology project. It is a patient experience strategy. Kerry Heinrich, president and CEO of Adventist Health in Roseville, Calif., is preparing one…

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare will go live on Epic on Oct. 3, marking the final stage of an enterprise-wide Epic transformation. The Epic EHR implementation has been underway since the health system’s 2024 decision to switch from its previous EHR platform.…

Epic has experienced a wave of executive departures and leadership reshuffling in recent weeks. Here are 10 executive moves at Epic reported by Becker’s in the past month: 1. President Sumit Rana, the second-in-command to founder and CEO Judy Faulkner,…