Epic Systems
E112774
Epic Systems is a leading American healthcare software company best known for its widely used electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and clinics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epic Systems canonical | 3 |
| Epic EHR | 1 |
| EpicCare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T956478 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epic Systems Context triple: [Cerner, hasCompetitor, Epic Systems]
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A.
Cerner
Cerner is a major American health information technology company best known for its electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare data solutions.
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B.
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
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C.
Humana
Humana is a major American health insurance and managed care company known for offering Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial health plans nationwide.
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D.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company specializing in big data analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises for intelligence, security, and operational decision-making.
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E.
Ultimate Software
Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epic Systems Target entity description: Epic Systems is a leading American healthcare software company best known for its widely used electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and clinics.
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A.
Cerner
Cerner is a major American health information technology company best known for its electronic health record (EHR) systems and healthcare data solutions.
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B.
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
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C.
Humana
Humana is a major American health insurance and managed care company known for offering Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial health plans nationwide.
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D.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company specializing in big data analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises for intelligence, security, and operational decision-making.
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E.
Ultimate Software
Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic health record vendor
ⓘ
healthcare technology company ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| businessModel | proprietary software licensing ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
clinical workflows
ⓘ
data analytics in healthcare ⓘ integrated healthcare software suites ⓘ patient engagement ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Judith Faulkner ⓘ |
| founder | Judith Faulkner ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Judith Faulkner ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Verona, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| inception | 1979 ⓘ |
| industry |
electronic health records
ⓘ
health information technology ⓘ healthcare software ⓘ |
| legalForm | private company ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large market share in U.S. hospital EHR market
ⓘ
widely used EHR systems in U.S. hospitals ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Madison, Wisconsin
|
| product |
Care Everywhere
ⓘ
Clarity ⓘ Cogito ⓘ Epic Beacon ⓘ Epic Cadence ⓘ Epic Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Epic EHR
Epic OpTime ⓘ Epic Resolute ⓘ Epic Stork ⓘ Epic Willow ⓘ Epic Systems self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
EpicCare
Healthy Planet ⓘ Hyperspace ⓘ MyChart ⓘ |
| serves |
academic medical centers
ⓘ
clinics ⓘ health systems ⓘ hospitals ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
electronic health record systems
ⓘ
interoperability solutions ⓘ patient portal software ⓘ population health management software ⓘ practice management software ⓘ revenue cycle management software ⓘ |
| state | Wisconsin ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
HL7 standards
ⓘ
surface form:
C-CDA
HL7 standards ⓘ
surface form:
FHIR
HL7 International ⓘ
surface form:
HL7
|
| targetCustomer |
ambulatory clinics
ⓘ
community hospitals ⓘ large health systems ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Epic Systems Description of subject: Epic Systems is a leading American healthcare software company best known for its widely used electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and clinics.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cerner Corporation
this entity surface form:
EpicCare
this entity surface form:
Epic EHR