In 1979, Ms. Faulkner founded Epic in her basement and has since grown the company into a giant enterprise that dominates the EHR and healthcare data space. More than 325 million patients have EHRs in Epic, which has earned the title of No. 1 overall software suite in KLAS for 14 consecutive years. Epic accounted for 39.1% of the U.S. acute care hospital market share in 2023, according to KLAS. In addition to the EHR, Epic features Cosmos, a data platform utilized by 1,633 hospitals and 295 million patients. The company aims to drive AI expansion in novel ways to aid clinicians. Under Ms. Faulkner’s leadership, the company plans to continue forging new partnerships and expanding existing bonds, developing AI tools, apps and more.
