Apple steps into Epic Systems’ arena with medical records iPhone app

Capital Times January 27, 2018
Erik Lorenzsonn

Apple has quietly entered the Epic Systems-dominated marketplace of medical records software with a phone app that will let users easily access personal medical information.

The Silicon Valley tech giant announced on Wednesdaythat the Health app on iPhones can now link up to so-called “patient portals,” online resources where people can find information on upcoming appointments, prescriptions, diagnoses, payment information and other personal medical data. Those online portals are built for clinics and hospitals by electronic health record vendors like Epic, the massive Verona-based health care software company.

Epic calls its patient portals “MyChart,” a brand that should be familiar to many patients in Madison: The portal is used by major systems like UW Health and SSM Health.

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