HIMSS24: How Epic is building out AI, ambient tech in EHRs
ORLANDO, Florida—A year ago, at HIMSS23 in Las Vegas, Epic announced it was working with Microsoft to integrate large language model tools and AI into its electronic health record software. Fast-forward 12 months, the health IT giant now has 60 use cases in development, according to Epic executives. AI technology in healthcare is rapidly evolving, and the potential for generative AI to free up time to focus more on patients is getting clinicians excited about technology, said Jacqueline Gerhart, M.D., Epic clinician and vice president of clinical informatics. "We are collaborating with customers, we are co-developing with customers, we are fine-tuning with customers. We see it as an advantage that we have a good network of people who want to put this technology in. This has never happened before. They're coming to us. And they're saying, 'When can we get this? When can we do it?' From a clinician perspective, I haven't seen clinicians more excited," Gerhart, who also is a family physic
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