Becker's Healthcare May 7, 2024
Epic’s EHR got its name from the word for a Greek poem, or “a glorious recounting of events,” in this case the story of a patient, according to company founder and CEO Judy Faulkner.
Epic also named its other EHRs after poems or songs, including Sonnet (a smaller iteration of Epic), Canto (the version for the tablet), Haiku (the phone), and Limerick (the watch), Ms. Faulkner wrote in a May 6 blog post. “These remind us that even though we’re programmers, we’re literate,” she wrote. “If we ever do a ring, it will be Chirp.”
The Happy Together feature, which pulls together patient data from multiple EHRs, was named after the Turtles’ song played at Ms. Faulkner’s daughter’s wedding. Caboodle...
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