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by bknight1983 727 days ago
It’s not about the clinical record; it’s about being able to bill insurance companies without getting the claim rejected. Clinical formats are all over the place (HL7v2, CCDA, FHIR) and the data is garbage. Claim data is clean because you don’t get paid if it’s wrong.

With Epic and Cerner, they offer the full white glove experience plus a reputation for quality billing; plus, they have a larger internal network to pull from for interoperability.