A journey inside Epic Systems mythical and sprawling campus, a world away from Wall Street
Summary
While the companys workforce is tasked with the hefty responsibility of building tools to support doctors and nurses as they provide care to patients, Epic employees spend their days milling in and out of offices that look as if they were plucked straight from the pages of a sci-fi novel or childrens book. Last week, thousands of health-care executives descended on Epics sprawling campus for the companys annual Users Group Meeting, in part to hear about new products and upcoming initiatives. The Wizards Academy Campus draws clear inspiration from "Harry Potter," and has its own Kings Cross train station, giant chess set and collection of unruly portraits. In a May blog post, Oracle Executive Vice President Ken Glueck wrote that "everyone in the industry understands that Epics CEO Judy Faulkner is the single biggest obstacle to EHR interoperability." At its Users Group Meeting, Epic announced a number of new generative artificial intelligence features for its Cosmos platform, which is a deidentified patient dataset that clinicians can use to support treatment and conduct research.