Epic is really pushing to be under constant development with this solution. I do not know if they have any plan to go to the cloud and right now and it is still in the client-server model. I do not work in the front line like in a clinical area, but I know about what these people need and request. I think epic is doing what they can to enhance the offering using a developer-based model and working on whatever they get from their customers or clients as suggestions to enhance the product. They develop the modules, they spend time working on different areas of the functionality, and then they just sell the modules to hospitals. I am pretty sure they are working on some modules all the time and they are going to mostly work on developing those modules that they sell to hospitals. There is a lot of demand to fill. Of course, what every hospital will buy depends on their needs, but I know this is a continuous effort from Epic and they are filling out their offering based on user needs. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best. I would rate the Epic Electronic Health Records as a seven or even an eight-out-of-ten. I heard some negative comments from my colleagues — and just from my own experience — where the product could be better or perform better. Since there are very few real competitors for Epic, they can do what they think is most important for them. At the same time, there are no competing products to really compare it to. Obviously, they are strong technically, and they can satisfy most clients. Giving them an eight is fair.
Epic is really pushing to be under constant development with this solution. I do not know if they have any plan to go to the cloud and right now and it is still in the client-server model. I do not work in the front line like in a clinical area, but I know about what these people need and request. I think epic is doing what they can to enhance the offering using a developer-based model and working on whatever they get from their customers or clients as suggestions to enhance the product. They develop the modules, they spend time working on different areas of the functionality, and then they just sell the modules to hospitals. I am pretty sure they are working on some modules all the time and they are going to mostly work on developing those modules that they sell to hospitals. There is a lot of demand to fill. Of course, what every hospital will buy depends on their needs, but I know this is a continuous effort from Epic and they are filling out their offering based on user needs. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best. I would rate the Epic Electronic Health Records as a seven or even an eight-out-of-ten. I heard some negative comments from my colleagues — and just from my own experience — where the product could be better or perform better. Since there are very few real competitors for Epic, they can do what they think is most important for them. At the same time, there are no competing products to really compare it to. Obviously, they are strong technically, and they can satisfy most clients. Giving them an eight is fair.