Becker's Healthcare December 13, 2022
Almost three years ago, Epic, the nation’s largest hospital EHR vendor, reportedly told customers it wouldn’t pursue further integrations with Google Cloud.
But last month, the nation’s largest hospital EHR vendor and one of the biggest cloud companies showed they’d mended their relationship. They signed an agreement to allow health systems to migrate their Epic EHRs to Google’s cloud, with Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health first in line.
It is one of several collaborations Google Cloud has made of late with healthcare companies, and is another example of Epic’s recent willingness to work closely with Big Tech firms. It shows the increased readiness of huge, seemingly disparate players to join forces rather than try to conquer one another in the...