ShandsHealth Goes Live with Epic; Company Penetration of the Hospital Market

If it's true that one-fourth of the physicians in the U.S. use Epic systems, than a much higher percentage than this use the system in our larger hospitals. What's the significance of all of this? Simply put, a major consolidation of IT power and influence is developing in the hands of the executives of privately-held Epic.

...A good example is the EMR market where Epic has a near monopoly at the high end and can almost name its own price without much push-back from hospital customers (see: Why Does Epic Keep Hammering Cerner? Mr. HIStalk's Opinion; The Secret to Epic's Success in the Hospital EMR Market)...

If it's true that one-fourth of the physicians in the U.S. use Epic systems, than a much higher percentage than this use the system in our larger hospitals. What's the significance of all of this? Simply put, a major consolidation of IT power and influence is developing in the hands of the executives of privately-held Epic. Much of the most significant clinical research and complex care is conducted in the large academic and teaching hospitals in the U.S. The physicians working in these facilities will only be comfortable working with the Epic software...