Push for safety oversight of electronic medical records is moving at a crawl

By Emma Schwartz

Nearly two years after the Obama administration announced plans to spend $40 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical

Excerpts from this story referencing "Epic Systems":

"… cials. A representative of one of the biggest manufacturers, Sumit Rana of Epic Systems, told the panel not to create binding rules on system design “for fear o …"

Only 15 of top 100 health information technology firms are lobbying on health IT

By Josh Israel

Many of the top health information technnology firms don't lobby on health IT

Excerpts from this story referencing "Epic Systems":

"… cently renamed OptumInsight), The Trizetto Group, Inc. (14th largest), and Epic Systems (the 11th largest). Those three firms’ health IT revenues last year rang …"

"… ed not be listed on lobbying disclosure forms, she noted.A spokeswoman for Epic Systems declined to comment for this story.  Ingenix (OptumInsight) and Trize …"