healthcare.digital December 5, 2018
2019 Digital Health Prediction 1 : Apple, Amazon, Google or Microsoft acquires electronic record systems provider Epic (Epic Systems Corporation) to gain a foothold in Healthcare. The acquisition will effectivey be a “trojan horse” unlocking access to data, clinical technology, mobile technology, paying clients and research.
Epic’s market focus is large healthcare organizations and academic medical centers. Apple, Amazon, Google or Microsoft all need to combine the latest academic and medical research with massive patient/clinical data sets and their proprietary machine learning, deep learning and neural network algorithmns.
In Q1 2017 Epic launched a new program App Orchard – serving physician practices and hospitals to help them build customized apps. The program also supports independent mobile app developers who target...