That is great for other accesing records from other hospitals that use Epic, but what happens if you want to access the records of a patient who also visits a VA or Cerner hospital? You are still in the dark.
Absolutely, I still have to fax and it's ridiculous how low the bar is. I was just replying to the op that just the fact that Epic can talk to itself at other hospitals (for the record the VA can do this too, but it is slow) makes it relatively great.