VERONA — Epic’s User Group
Meeting annually offers a themed surprise for thousands of visitors, so
it was no shock when founder Judy Faulkner appeared on stage Tuesday in
the company’s Deep Space Auditorium dressed as “Lady Swan,” a variation
on Mother Goose and in keeping with a larger storytelling motif.
What
may have surprised the Deep Space crowd and thousands more watching
around the world is that while artificial intelligence has already
transformed many Epic Systems Corp. services, there is much more to
unfold in the fairy tale “story” of Epic’s pioneering of health care
software.
Some numbers put
Epic’s UGM in context: People from health care systems, payor networks
and more from all 50 U.S. states and 15 other countries were on hand in
the 11,400-seat Deep Space venue when Faulkner and team updated how the
company’s software is being used....