Becker's Healthcare September 6, 2024
Epic is getting so big that the company needs to be cognizant of antitrust issues, experts told Isthmus for a Sept. 5 story.
The EHR vendor covered more than half of U.S. acute care hospital beds for the first time in 2023, while growing its hospital market share lead to 39.1%, according to KLAS Research (Oracle Health was second, with 23.1%). The company also welcomed 19 new health system clients Aug. 20 at its annual Users Group Meeting in Verona, Wis.
Peter Carstensen, an emeritus professor of law at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who specializes in antitrust, told Isthmus there is a “risk” that Epic could face an antitrust lawsuit but called it unlikely.
“These monopoly cases are...
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