Epic has a pretty unique way of doing things in corporate america (maybe not that unusual for big tech companies, but very unusual for healthcare and general corporates) and I think acquisitions would cause them a lot more trouble than they'd be worth. For example, Epic has one giant HQ campus where they do actual-allhands in giant auditoriums and a really extensive training program with onsight classes and IIRC an entire massive building for it.
Technically speaking I think they see buying software + changing it to be more like Epic (or continue to operate/develop/support it independently) as a waste of money when they could spend that time/money on improving what they already have.
I also think it's probably a branding/marketing promise to their customers that if you buy Epic software, you're not going to have that contract morph into one with some other generic corporate company who causes problems trying to integrate/migrate your setup. Nor will you have wallstreet begging Epic to juice their customers for all their worth just because they might get away with it and it'd make the stock look good temporarily. (I have no idea how expensive Epic is comparatively but I do know EHR is very difficult to migrate from and Judy is known for playing the ultra-long-game).
I think basically the idea is that acquiring another EHR vendor would only be for the benefit of expanding Epic (the company) market share but detract from making Epic's software a better product for their customers.
Technically speaking I think they see buying software + changing it to be more like Epic (or continue to operate/develop/support it independently) as a waste of money when they could spend that time/money on improving what they already have.
I also think it's probably a branding/marketing promise to their customers that if you buy Epic software, you're not going to have that contract morph into one with some other generic corporate company who causes problems trying to integrate/migrate your setup. Nor will you have wallstreet begging Epic to juice their customers for all their worth just because they might get away with it and it'd make the stock look good temporarily. (I have no idea how expensive Epic is comparatively but I do know EHR is very difficult to migrate from and Judy is known for playing the ultra-long-game).
I think basically the idea is that acquiring another EHR vendor would only be for the benefit of expanding Epic (the company) market share but detract from making Epic's software a better product for their customers.