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Four major health systems—Ochsner Health, Froedtert ThedaCare Health, Denver Health, and Summit Health—have deployed real-time prior authorization checks directly inside their native Epic EHR workflows.The rollout utilizes the industry-standard Coverage Requirements Discovery (CRD) API, enabling clinical and financial clearance teams to determine instantly whether a commercial or government payer requires prior authorization at the point of order entry or appointment
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Redesign Health Study: 71% of Health Systems Adopt an “Epic-First” AI Purchasing Strategy
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71% of surveyed health system leaders describe their organization as "Epic-First," and 80% expect this preference to intensify over the next 3 to 5 years, according to research study from Redesign Health 91% of executives possess "complete" (60%) or "significant" (31%) confidence that Epic will execute its AI roadmap to match best-in-class external solutions.Health systems deploy an average of 57% of their clinical and administrative IS budget to Epic, leaving 43%
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KLAS Arch Collaborative 2026 Report: Early Insights into Epic AI Adoption and Clinician Experience
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Early metrics from the KLAS Arch Collaborative 2026 report confirm that clinicians using at least one artificial intelligence tool score 7 percentage points higher in believing the EHR enables operational efficiency compared to non-users.While clinical satisfaction surges as practitioners adopt up to four distinct AI tools, it rapidly plateaus; introducing five or more applications adds workflow clutter and digital noise rather than driving incremental value.A massive
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The “Platform” Squeeze: Epic Releases Native AI Charting, Putting Venture-Backed Scribes on Notice
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The Launch: Epic has officially released AI Charting, a native feature that listens to patient visits and automatically drafts notes and orders. This is part of a broader suite called Art (for clinicians), Penny (for revenue cycle), and Emmie (for patients).The Integration: Unlike third-party tools that require separate logins or data bridges, Epic’s AI is "built-in." It draws context from the entire medical record to draft notes and allows clinicians to format them via
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Epic Outlines Roadmap for Next-Generation Data Sharing at Open@Epic
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- Nearly 1,000 experts gathered at the developer-focused Open@Epic conference to discuss the future of healthcare data sharing.
- During the event, Epic outlined its plans for expanding interoperability, simplifying patient-driven data connections, and enhancing support for app developers. In the past year alone, over 745 billion data exchanges took place using Epic’s publicly available APIs.
Easier Patient-Driven Data Connections
Epic's new
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Sutter Health and Epic Launch “Sutter Sync” to Optimize Remote Chronic Care
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- Sutter Health has partnered with Epic to launch a new initiative called Sutter Sync, which deploys first-of-their-kind medical devices that connect directly to Epic's EHR.
- The initiative is designed to help patients proactively manage chronic health conditions from the comfort of their own homes. The program aims to make access easier by treating patients' homes as care settings, helping people stay healthier and avoid unnecessary hospital
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Epic Launches Comet: A New AI Platform to Predict Patient Health Journeys
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- Today, Epic announced the launch of a new form of healthcare intelligence, named Comet, developed to help clinicians, health systems, and patients make more informed decisions.
- Built on Epic Cosmos, a secure data platform, Comet is designed to predict what is likely to happen next in a patient’s journey by estimating disease risk, length of stay, and treatment outcomes. The platform has learned from more than 100 billion patient medical events to
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Epic Toolbox Additions: Ambience Healthcare, Caregility, Five9, Imprivata, NESA Launch New Integrations
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- Ambience Healthcare, Caregility, Five9, Imprivata and NESA announced they have recently been added to or are in the process of being integrated into Epic's Toolbox, signaling a new wave of digital health enhancements aimed at improving patient care, operational efficiency, and security.
- These integrations focus on embedding advanced capabilities directly into the Epic electronic health record (EHR) ecosystem to meet clinicians and patients where they
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Epic Unveils Expanded APIs for Healthcare App Developers
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- EHR leader Epic announced the expansion of its Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for healthcare app developers.
- These APIs, available at no cost, will enable developers to access a more comprehensive view of the patient, supporting the latest standards in data exchange.
Enhanced Interoperability for Personalized Care
The expanded APIs are designed to support version 3 of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI v3).
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KLAS: Small Hospitals Face Buyer’s Remorse for EHR Selections
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- KLAS Research has released a new report reveals EHR selection buyer's remorse among recent decison-makers at small standalone hospitals (1-200 beds).
- The report, US Acute Care EHR Market Share 2024 is based on interviews with hospital leaders and an analysis of market share data, reveals key trends in EHR selection, implementation, and satisfaction among small hospitals.
Epic, MEDITECH, and Oracle Health Dominate the Market
While small hospitals
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