Following a months-long dispute, data platform Particle Health filed an antitrust lawsuit against Epic, alleging that the EHR giant is using its dominance in the market to prevent competition in the payer platform space. Particle believes the lawsuit is an “unprecedented challenge” to Epic’s market power, while Epic thinks the startup’s claims are “baseless.”
A new report from KLAS found the percentage of organizations reporting "deep interoperability" is up from last year. But the survey showed the industry has a long way to go before achieving ultimate success.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
"I think the analytics engines that are driving electronic health records are even driving those that are aggregating data from multiple sources that potentially have a very meaningful and powerful impact on public health."
A live demo of the FHIR standard hosted by national health IT coordinator Dr. Vindell Washington and an agreement between CommonWell Health Alliance and the builders of the Carequality framework are clear signs of progress in interoperability.
Epic has made a concerted effort to burnish its image in recent months by playing up its Open.epic program, blogging regularly about its customers and by making its executives more accessible to the media than in the past.
This week, Sutter Health added 12 practices to its list of interoperability partners, all with eClinicalWorks EHRs. Sutter, which uses Epic, has been exchanging data among about a dozen area practices on athenahealth's EHR since July 1.
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
This does not mean, however, that Epic is putting aside its disdain for the CommonWell Health Alliance, the interoperability network featuring most of its biggest competitors, since the Carequality framework is more like the rules of the road instead of a network.