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(For anyone misunderstanding the reference to Epic, it's the name of an electronic healthcare record system widely used in American hospitals, not the game company Epic Games)


I was picturing a doctor AI NPC that gives you medical advice in the middle of your Fortnite game and now I'm disapointed


Press X to diagnose


And for anyone who wants to be nerd sniped by this one comment chain, the Acquired podcast recently did an episode on Epic and it is great.

Title: "Epic Systems (MyChart)."


https://web.archive.org/web/20250903203659im_/https://media....

227 MB 3:57:01

400 customers

47 years never lost a customer

Epic refuses to be acquired or engage in M&A

These podcasters seem to appreciate Epic. According to this recording, Epic's licensees like the product

According to the podcast, the software was so useful, Epic's future customers asked its founder to start a company

This was before the microprocessor had been invented

No venture capital

Today, 5.7B revenue


Also, widely disliked and abhorrently expensive.


AI tends to be overly-positive, so either AI might congratulate you on your kill streak.


> AI tends to be overly-positive, so either AI might congratulate you on your kill streak.

Nice




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