Fairview CEO says Epic an ‘impediment’ to innovation, calls for ‘march on Madison’

Fairview Health Services CEO James Hereford called Epic Systems Corp. an "impediment to innovation" and said there is an opportunity for health care executives to exert more influence over the Wisconsin-based electronic-medical-records giant. Epic, a privately held company with about $2.5 billion in annual revenue, is a dominant player in the EMR business and counts most major Twin Cities health systems among its clients. (Outside the metro area, Mayo Clinic is spending more than $1 billion to migrate…
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