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The Epic Community is a world-wide group of healthcare organizations collaborating to improve patient care, innovate healthcare delivery, and achieve financial health

The majority of U.S. News and World Report's
top-ranked hospitals and medical schools use Epic

U.S. News and World Report ranks the best hospitals, centers for specialties and medical schools based on data from 5,000 hospitals and surveys of more than 140,000 physicians.

Over half of recent HFMA MAP winners use Epic

MAP winners excel in meeting revenue cycle benchmarks, embodying best practices, and achieving outstanding patient satisfaction.

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System

Presbyterian Healthcare Services (NM)

St. Elizabeth Healthcare

OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital

Geisinger Health System

Saint Francis Health System (OK)

Princeton Baptist Medical Center

St. Elizabeth Physicians

Most HIMSS Stage 7 Organizations Use Epic

Hospitals & clinics that have reached HIMSS Stage 7 use the EMR capabilities proven to increase patient safety and profitability. See the list

83%

of Stage 7 hospitals use Epic

85%

of Stage 7 beds
use Epic

94%

of Stage 7 physicians use Epic

79% of HIMSS Stage 7 Global Hospitals use EpicCare

The Epic community represents 62% of the
HIMSS Enterprise Davies winners since 2009

The HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence recognizes outstanding organizations who have used health information technology to substantially improve patient outcomes while achieving return on investment.

Increased attributed lives 20% without adding PCPs
Saved $28M and 480 lives with heart failure pathways
$208M return on investment over first 3 years with Epic
Saved $16M on joint replacement bundles
Improved hypertension control for 10,500 people, made $3M more
Reduced LOS for CHD patients, saved $2.5M per year
Screened nearly 50,000 patients per month for suicide risk
Reduced sepsis mortality index 40% in 5 months
Increased IT productivity 300% and reduced issue tickets by 80%
85% of surveyed providers are favorable or neutral to EHR
Improved completion rates in all 12 MSSP quality measures

The top 16 recipients of NIH grants by funding in 2017 were
Epic Community Members

NIH grants are awarded to leaders in research and innovation, to assist them in creating new projects.

Johns Hopkins University ($652M)
University of California, San Francisco ($594M) UC San Francisco ($594M)
University of Michigan ($522M)
University of Pennsylvania ($494M)
University of Pittsburgh ($485M)
Stanford University ($466M)
University of Washington ($443M)
Duke University ($440M)
Washington University ($436M)
Yale University ($425M)
University of California, San Diego ($424M) UC San Diego ($424M)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ($420M) UNC Chapel Hill ($420M)
Columbia University ($403M)
University of California, Los Angeles ($401M) UCLA ($401M)
Massachusetts General Hospital ($394M)
Brigham and Women's Hospital ($390M)