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Thomas Dworetzky, Contributing Reporter | March 06, 2017
The company is also planning a leaner, cheaper entry-level version of its EHR aimed and smaller health care providers.
There are two new platforms. One is Utility, a medium-sized version of the full-blown system, now called All Terrain, and Sonnet, a slim entry level offering.
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"What that allows us to do is have a shorter implementation, reduce maintenance and also have a lower price point," Adam Whitlatch, Epic's director of research and development, told SearchHealthIT.
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Sonnet will offer an upgrade path to Utility and All Terrain systems, according to Whitlatch. It will also let those with the full-blown All Terrain deploy the skinnier Sonnet when appropriate in various parts of their overall network.
Target audiences for the smaller versions include critical access hospitals, doctor practices and post-acute care institutions.
The move is seen favorably by some analysts. "I think this is really good news. It's really important to be flexible on pricing to deal with uncertainty," Nancy Fabozzi, a health IT analyst at Frost & Sullivan, told the tech news site. "We don't know where IT budgets are going, and they're addressing a critical complaint about Epic – that it's too expensive."
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