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12 facts from 3 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1960s
The COSTAR team created the Mumps programming language, which integrates a database with the language; Epic still uses its modern descendant, Caché.
“they end up writing their own new programming language called the Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multiprogramming System or Mumps.”
1979
Epic's first office was in the basement of an apartment building at 2020 University Avenue in Madison, shared with the American Girl Doll Company.
“Judy gets the company's first office space in the basement of an apartment building at 2020 University Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin.”
1983
Human Services Computing, founded in 1979, was renamed Epic Systems in 1983.
“Four years later in 1983 is when they renamed the company to Epic Systems.”
1987
Epic launched the Resolute billing module in 1987, built on the Chronicles database.
“So in 1987, they launched a billing module called Resolute, again, on top of the Chronicles single core database”
1992
Epic launched EpicCare in 1992, which the hosts describe as the first Windows-style graphical electronic medical record application.
“And on the back of that, in 1992, they launch Epic Care, which I believe is the first graphical user interface like Windows-based EMR application in the entire industry.”
2000
Epic launched the MyChart patient portal in 2000, growing out of a remote-access project called Epic Web started in 1997.
“No, Epic launched this in the year 2000, which is wild.”
2003
Kaiser asked both vendors for equity warrants, and Cerner reportedly offered 10% of its company, while Epic refused.
“and apparently Cerner did offer them 10% of the company for this deal.”
2007
Epic's revenue reached about $500 million by 2007 after the Kaiser win.
“So by 2007, Epic has hit 500 million in revenue”
2025
The hosts say MyChart has 191 million active unique users today.
“Today there are 191 million active users of MyChart, and this is deduplicated.”
2025
Epic's Cosmos database holds anonymized data on 295 million patients and about 15 billion encounters.
“Cosmos has 295 million patients worth of data in it all anonymized.”
Undated
Daugherty says Epic announced an expansion of its electronic medical record role into care provision, patient care automation and revenue cycle management.
“they made a broad set of announcements and a really an expansion of what you think of as EMR.”
Undated
Josh Tyrangiel says Bayesian Health's software was integrated with Epic, a complex healthcare records system he describes as present in nearly every US hospital.
“they integrated with Epic, which is a very complicated healthcare system that basically is in every hospital in America.”
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