CNBC August 16, 2024
Ashley Capoot

Key Points

– Epic Systems said Friday that its goal is to have its customers live on a government-backed medical records exchange network called TEFCA by 2025.

– TEFCA launched in December and aims to establish the legal and technical requirements for sharing patients data across hospitals and clinics.

– By committing to TEFCA, Epic will likely help lend credibility to the nascent network.

Epic Systems, the health-care software giant whose technology is used in thousands of hospitals and clinics across the country, said on Friday that it’s planning on moving all of its customers to a new government-backed medical records exchange by the end of next year.

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