Epic’s Cosmos has data from millions of patients so physicians can better treat the ones in front of them

Becker's Healthcare January 14, 2022
Mike McDermott, MD, president and CEO of Mary Washington Healthcare, and Phil Lindemann, vice president of business intelligence and analytics at Epic

Mike McDermott, MD, is president and CEO of Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Va. He is a diagnostic and interventional radiologist who served in a variety of leadership and governance roles at the system prior to becoming its CEO in 2015. He sat down with Phil Lindemann, Epic’s vice president of business intelligence and analytics, to talk about Epic’s Cosmos and the future of healthcare research.

Dr. Mike McDermott: How many health systems are participating in Cosmos right now?

Phil Lindemann: More than 150 organizations are live, which includes about 800 hospitals and 10,000 clinics with their data in Cosmos right now. In total, it’s currently around 120 million patients. It’s the largest single set of EHR data in the...

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