What You Should Know
- Labcorp and Epic have announced an expanded collaboration to make Labcorp’s full diagnostic test menu available through Epic’s Aura platform.
- The integration allows clinicians to order tests and receive discrete results directly within their existing Epic workflows, eliminating the need for manual workarounds.
- The initiative targets a major industry pain point by reducing the time, cost, and IT complexity traditionally required for laboratory-EHR interfaces.
- The expansion builds on the successful deployment of Invitae genetic testing through Aura, now offering hospitals access to Labcorp’s evolving specialty and advanced diagnostics.
- Labcorp, which performed over 750 million tests globally in 2025, aims to use this partnership to accelerate patient access to accurate diagnostic answers.
Health systems have historically struggled with the “Integration Bottleneck”—the long, expensive IT projects required to connect electronic health records with laboratory partners. Labcorp and Epic are addressing this structural friction by leveraging Aura, Epic’s unified platform for lab data exchange. This collaboration ensures that Labcorp’s entire menu of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services is available as a standard, “light-lift” integration for any hospital using Epic nationwide.
The shift moves laboratory data from a disconnected silo into a core component of the Medical Intelligence Layer. Bryan Vaughn, Executive Vice President at Labcorp, noted that simplifying these integrations is a foundational step in meeting the evolving needs of modern health systems.
Operational Efficiency and Clinical Precision
The expanded partnership provides several mechanical advantages for clinical and administrative teams:
- Simplified Onboarding: Aura’s content-management capabilities reduce the ongoing maintenance and effort required to keep test menus updated.
- Workflow Integration: Clinicians can select the correct test the first time without leaving their primary clinical environment, supporting faster diagnostic turnaround times.
- Immediate Innovation Access: As Labcorp introduces new specialty and genetic tests, they become instantly available to providers through the existing Aura connection.
Sumit Rana, President of Epic, highlighted that the goal is to ensure patients get “accurate answers faster” by placing the right diagnostic tools directly in the clinician’s hands at the point of care.
Scaling Diagnostic Infrastructure
Labcorp’s role in the healthcare ecosystem is significant, serving clients in approximately 100 countries and supporting over 85% of new drugs approved by the FDA in 2025. By deepening its integration with the nation’s leading EHR, Labcorp is ensuring its unparalleled diagnostic insights are more accessible to the nearly 71,000 employees and millions of patients served by Epic-integrated health systems.
This collaboration follows a broader industry trend toward Administrative De-escalation, where technology providers focus on removing the “lost minutes” spent on manual data entry and IT maintenance.
