Epic reported that more than 2,000 Epic hospitals and more than 50,000 Epic clinics are either live or preparing to go live on the federal Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) framework for nationwide health data exchange.
Large networks deemed qualified health information networks (QHINs) are the backbone of TEFCA, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP). The TEFCA framework was created by ASTP to remove barriers for sharing health records electronically among healthcare providers, patients, public health agencies, and payers.
At the 2025 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition, Epic highlighted TEFCA, as well as Epic's decision to integrate generative AI across clinician workflows, patient experiences, revenue cycle processes, and clinical interventions.
"AI agents, which perform tasks autonomously, can collaborate across clinical, administrative, and patient-facing workflows," Epic said in an overview.
The company also said it has published specifications for ambient voice recognition, broadening integration options for note-writing workflows. The next step is native multimodal capabilities -- processing video input, synthesizing voice into documentation, recognizing images, and analyzing genomic data, Epic said.
